79R5862 HLT-F

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 620



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, bids, or 
qualifications published or distributed by a navigation district or 
port authority on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
request for proposals, bids, or qualifications published or 
distributed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 
law in effect at the time the request was published or distributed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.