2003S0209-1 02/05/03


By:  Lindsay, Gallegos                                            S.B. No. 376

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to small business development programs of navigation districts and port authorities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 60.404, Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) The specifications must: (1) describe in detail the item to be acquired; (2) require that bids be sealed; [and] (3) require the attachment to the bid of a certified check, cashier's check, or bidders bond; and (4) indicate whether a small business development program adopted by the port commission of the port authority or district applies to the purchase and, if so, where a copy of the program requirements may be obtained. SECTION 2. Section 60.4125, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) If a purchase or contract made under Subsection (a) is subject to a small business development program adopted by the port commission of the port authority or district, the purchase solicitation must indicate that fact and must also indicate where a copy of the program requirements may be obtained. SECTION 3. 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.