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        relating to the contracting authority of the Midland County  | 
      
      
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        Hospital District. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 1061.112, Special District Local Laws  | 
      
      
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        Code, as effective April 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 1061.112.  CONSTRUCTION OR PURCHASE CONTRACTS.  A  | 
      
      
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        construction or purchase contract that involves the expenditure of  | 
      
      
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        more than the amount provided by Section 252.021(a), Local  | 
      
      
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        Government Code, [$25,000] may be made only after competitive  | 
      
      
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        bidding [advertising] in the manner provided by Chapter 252, Local  | 
      
      
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        Government Code. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1110 was passed by the House on March  | 
      
      
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        30, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1110 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |