By: Martinez (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3730
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2011;
  May 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation and Homeland Security; May 20, 2011, reported
  favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2011,
  sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain privatization of maintenance contracts awarded
  by the Texas Department of Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 223.042(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The department may award a contract under this section
  as a purchase of service under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government
  Code, if the department:
               (1)  estimates that the contract will involve an amount
  for which a formal solicitation process for the purchase of
  services is not required under rules relating to the delegation of
  purchasing authority to state agencies adopted by the comptroller
  under Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Government Code [less than
  $15,000]; and
               (2)  determines that the competitive bidding procedure
  in this chapter is not practical.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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