78R8601 MTB-D

By:  West                                                         H.B. No. 2444



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain purchases by the Railroad Commission of Texas.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Natural Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.021.  DELEGATED PURCHASES.  The commission is 
delegated the authority to purchase goods and services under 
Section 2155.132(a), Government Code, if the purchase does not 
exceed $300,000.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.057 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.057.  EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PURCHASING RULES.  The 
commission is not required to follow any purchasing procedures 
prescribed by or under the following laws when the commission makes 
a purchase in connection with the remediation of surface locations 
or well plugging:
		(1)  Subchapter E, Chapter 2155, Government Code;                      
		(2)  Section 2161.003 or 2161.004, Government Code;                    
		(3)  Subchapters D and F, Chapter 2161, Government 
Code; and         
		(4)  Subchapters B and C, Chapter 2177, Government 
Code.             
	SECTION 3.  Section 2158.004, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  Except for the purchase or lease of a motor vehicle for 
use in a nonattainment area designated under Section 107(d) of the 
federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407), as amended, 
Subsection (a) does not apply to a purchase or lease by the Railroad 
Commission of Texas.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.