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AN ACT
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relating to the injunction of municipal purchasing contracts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 252.061, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 252.061. INJUNCTION. If the contract is made without |
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compliance with this chapter, it is void and the performance of the |
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contract, including the payment of any money under the contract, |
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may be enjoined by: |
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(1) any property tax paying resident of the |
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municipality; or |
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(2) a person who submitted a bid for a contract for |
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which the competitive sealed bidding requirement applies, |
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regardless of residency, if the contract is for the construction of |
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public works. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |