Amend SB 1173 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 775.084(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (i), the board must submit to competitive bids an expenditure of more than $100,000 [$50,000] for:

(1)  one item or service; or

(2)  more than one of the same or a similar type of item or service in a fiscal year.

SECTION ____.  Section 451.110(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract for:

(1)  $100,000 [$50,000] or less;

(2)  the purchase of real property;

(3)  personal or professional services; or

(4)  the acquisition of an existing transit system.