88R24600 MZM-F
 
  By: Nichols S.B. No. 1021
 
  (Canales)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1021:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway
  projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 223.005.  BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1
  MILLION [$300,000].
         SECTION 2.  Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract
  estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1
  million [$300,000] to be filed with:
               (1)  for a contract other than a building construction
  contract, the district engineer at the headquarters for the
  district in which the improvement is to be made and opened and read
  at a public meeting held by the district engineer or the district
  engineer's designee; or
               (2)  for a building construction contract, the director
  of the division of the department that is responsible for the
  construction of the building and opened and read at a public meeting
  held by the division director or the division director's designee.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective
  date of this Act.  A notice of bid given before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2023.