89R12328 JBD-F

By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3036

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of competitive procurement requirements to certain county purchases.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 262.003(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Any law that requires a county to follow a competitive procurement procedure in making a purchase requiring the expenditure of $100,000 [$50,000] or less does not apply to the purchase of an item available for purchase from only one supplier.

SECTION 2. Section 262.023(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Before a county may purchase one or more items under a contract that will require an expenditure exceeding $100,000 [$50,000], the commissioners court of the county must:

(1) comply with the competitive bidding or competitive proposal procedures prescribed by this subchapter;

(2) use the reverse auction procedure, as defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing; or

(3) comply with a method described by Chapter 2269, Government Code.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a purchase made on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase made 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 September 1, 2025.