79R4336 HLT-D

By:  Smith of Harris                                              H.B. No. 769



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the deadline for evaluating and ranking competitive 
sealed proposals for certain construction services submitted to a 
navigation district or port authority.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 60.463(e), Water Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(e)  The district shall receive, publicly open, and read 
aloud the names of the offerors and, if any are required to be 
stated, all prices stated in each proposal.  Not later than the 
120th [45th] day after the date of opening the proposals, the 
district shall evaluate and rank each proposal submitted in 
relation to the published selection criteria.
	SECTION 2.  Section 60.463(e), Water Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a request for proposals submitted by a 
navigation district or port authority on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A request for proposals submitted before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the 
time the request for proposals was submitted, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.