H.B. No. 2957




AN ACT

relating to an exemption from the competitive bidding requirement 
for certain purchases by an emergency services district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 775.084(i), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(i)  This section does not apply to:                                           
		(1)  the purchase or lease of real property;                                  
		(2)  an item or service that the board determines can be 
obtained from only one source;
		(3)  a contract for fire extinguishment and suppression 
services, emergency rescue services, or ambulance services; [or]
		(4)  an emergency expenditure;                                         
		(5)  the purchase of vehicle fuel; or                                  
		(6)  the purchase of firefighter bunker gear.                          
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2957 was passed by the House on May 
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2957 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor