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By:  Anchia (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                             H.B. No. 2694
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported favorably, as 
amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent 
to printer.)


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                By:  Wentworth


Amend H.B. 2694 (Engrossed) by striking "two million", (line 17, 
page 1), and substituting "one million".


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the eligibility of certain counties to use the 
competitive proposal procedure for certain purchases.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 262.030(d), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  A county having a population of two million [2,400,000] 
or more according to the most recent federal census may use the 
competitive proposal purchasing method authorized by this section 
for the purchase of insurance or high technology items.  In 
addition, the method may be used to purchase other items when the 
county official who makes purchases for the county determines, with 
the consent of the commissioners court, that it is in the best 
interest of the county to make a request for proposals.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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