Amend HB 987 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 271.9051(b), Local Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  In purchasing under this title any real property, 
personal property that is not affixed to real property, or 
services, if a municipality receives one or more competitive sealed 
bids from a bidder whose principal place of business is in the 
municipality and whose bid is within five percent of the lowest bid 
price received by the municipality from a bidder who is not a 
resident of the municipality, the municipality may enter into a 
contract for an expenditure of less than $100,000 with:
		(1)  the lowest bidder; or                                                    
		(2)  the bidder whose principal place of business is in 
the municipality if the governing body of the municipality 
determines, in writing, that the local bidder offers the 
municipality the best combination of contract price and additional 
economic development opportunities for the municipality created by 
the contract award, including the employment of residents of the 
municipality and increased tax revenues to the municipality.