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AN ACT
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relating to the contracting authority of the Parks and Wildlife |
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Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The executive director may negotiate with and award a |
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contract for goods or services to any qualified vendor if the |
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executive director: |
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(1) solicits bids for the goods or services through a |
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competitive process in compliance with all applicable laws, |
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including Chapters 2155, 2254, and 2269, Government Code, that |
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fails to result in competitive responsive bids; |
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(2) makes a written determination that resoliciting |
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bids for the goods or services would: |
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(A) be unlikely to result in responsive bids; |
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(B) increase costs to the department; or |
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(C) delay the ability of the department to |
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address a critical need; and |
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(3) determines that the vendor meets the requirements |
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of the original solicitation. |
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(d) To the extent practicable, the executive director may |
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combine the procurement of multiple goods or services into a single |
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competitively bid contract to enhance the contract's attraction for |
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potential vendors. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11.0171(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which bids are |
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first solicited on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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contract for which bids are first solicited before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that 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, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2777 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2777 on May 15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2777 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |