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.