84R14943 ATP-D

By: Leach, Turner of Collin H.B. No. 208

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 208:

By: Leach C.S.H.B. No. 208

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of project design and construction requirements to economic development corporations created by governmental entities subject to those requirements.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0741 to read as follows:

Sec. 501.0741. PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS. A corporation must comply with the same procurement process methods for the design and construction of projects and construction services with which its authorizing unit must comply.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act affecting contract requirements apply only to a contract for which an economic development corporation first advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a similar solicitation on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for which an economic development corporation first advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a similar solicitation before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the advertisement or solicitation is made, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.