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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of competitive bidding requirements |
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to expenditures for certain municipal utility facility |
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relocations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 252.022, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) This chapter does not apply to an expenditure for the |
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relocation or adjustment of a municipally owned utility facility if |
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the relocation or adjustment: |
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(1) is required as a result of the construction of a |
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state transportation project; and |
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(2) is performed by the entity procured by the state to |
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construct the state transportation project or a subcontractor of |
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that entity. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the |
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change in law made by this Act applies only to an expenditure under |
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a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) An expenditure under a contract for which a request for |
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bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or a similar |
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solicitation was made before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |