Amend HB 987 (committee printing) by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 54.054(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 54.054. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this chapter, the board may award a contract involving
the expenditure of funds in excess of the amount applicable to an
expenditure of funds by a municipality under Section 252.021(a),
Local Government Code, [more than $25,000] only by competitive
bidding.