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AN ACT
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relating to certain privatization of maintenance contracts awarded |
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by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.042(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The department may award a contract under this section |
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as a purchase of service under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government |
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Code, if the department: |
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(1) estimates that the contract will involve an amount |
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for which a formal solicitation process for the purchase of |
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services is not required under rules relating to the delegation of |
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purchasing authority to state agencies adopted by the comptroller |
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under Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Government Code [less than
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$15,000]; and |
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(2) determines that the competitive bidding procedure |
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in this chapter is not practical. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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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. 3730 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 8, 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. 3730 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, 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 |