78R5247 QS-F


By:  Berman                                                       H.B. No. 1396



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirement that certain contracts awarded by the 
Veterans' Land Board be subject to competitive bidding.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 161.175(c), Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The board may award a contract in an amount not to exceed 
$25,000 [$10,000] to purchase supplies, materials, services, and 
equipment for use by the board in connection with improvements to, 
repairs to, or maintenance of land and with roadways and 
improvements located on land that are undertaken by the board under 
this chapter to make the land more marketable or useable without the 
necessity of soliciting or obtaining competitive bids.  The board 
may not award a contract under this subsection in an amount that 
exceeds $25,000 [$10,000] without soliciting or obtaining 
competitive bids.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.