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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing a county to consider health insurance benefits |
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provided by a bidder to its employees when awarding a purchasing |
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contract. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 262.0271(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In purchasing items under this chapter through a |
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competitive bidding process, if a county receives one or more bids |
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from a bidder who provides reasonable [comparable] health insurance |
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coverage to its employees and requires a subcontractor the bidder |
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intends to use to provide reasonable [comparable] health insurance |
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coverage to the subcontractor's employees and whose bid is within |
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10 [five] percent of the lowest bid price received by the county |
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from a bidder who does not provide or require reasonable |
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[comparable] health insurance coverage, the commissioners court of |
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the county may give preference to the bidder who provides and |
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requires reasonable [comparable] health insurance coverage. |
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SECTION 2. Section 262.0271(a), Local Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a contract awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |