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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of project design and construction |
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requirements to development corporations created by governmental |
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entities subject to those requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0741 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.0741. PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION |
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REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS. A corporation must comply |
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with the same procurement process methods for the design and |
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construction of projects and construction services with which its |
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authorizing unit must comply. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act affecting |
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contract requirements apply only to a contract for which a |
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development corporation first advertises or otherwise solicits |
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bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a similar |
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solicitation on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract |
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for which a development corporation first advertises or otherwise |
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solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or makes a |
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similar solicitation before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the advertisement or |
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solicitation is made, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |