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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the department of transportation's privatization of |
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maintenance contracts. |
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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 formal bids for the purchase of services are not required |
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under rules relating to the delegation of purchasing authority to |
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state agencies adopted by the comptroller under Subchapter C, |
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Chapter 2155, Government Code [less than $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. |