By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 1729
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 20, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 22, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 22, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1729                                   By:  Lindsay


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to certain contracts by water districts that are related 
to complying with state or federal construction stormwater 
requirements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 49.278, Water Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This subchapter does not apply to:                                        
		(1)  equipment, materials, or machinery purchased by 
the district at an auction that is open to the public;
		(2)  contracts for personal or professional services or 
for a utility service operator;
		(3)  contracts made by a district engaged in the 
distribution and sale of electric energy to the public;
		(4)  contracts for services or property for which there 
is only one source or for which it is otherwise impracticable to 
obtain competition; [or]
		(5)  high technology procurements; or                                  
		(6)  contracts for services related to compliance with 
a state or federal construction stormwater requirement, including 
the acquisition of permits, the construction, repair, and removal 
of temporary erosion control devices, the cleaning of silt and 
debris from streets and storm sewers, the monitoring of 
construction sites, and the preparation and filing of all required 
reports.
	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.



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