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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement for the Texas Department of |
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Transportation to disclose certain service contract information |
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and provide notice regarding certain changes to a contract. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.0042, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.0042. CONTRACT INFORMATION ON INTERNET WEBSITE. |
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(a) In this section, "engineering-related services" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 223.041(a). |
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(b) The department shall make available on the department's |
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Internet website a listing describing each contract awarded by the |
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commission for a highway construction project. The listing must |
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include for each project: |
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(1) the funding program source contract awardee, |
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including subcontractors and historically underutilized business |
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and disadvantaged business enterprise participants and percentage |
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of contract; and |
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(2) each department transportation district in which |
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the contract will be performed. |
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(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the |
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commission awards an engineering-related services contract, the |
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department shall make information related to the contract available |
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on the department's Internet website, including: |
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(1) the contract number; |
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(2) the primary firm involved in the contract; |
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(3) the total contract amount, in dollars; |
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(4) the date of the contract's execution; |
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(5) the termination date of the contract; |
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(6) the type of contract; |
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(7) whether the contract is a specific-deliverable or |
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indefinite-deliverable contract; |
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(8) a general description of the scope of services; |
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(9) work authorizations, supplemental work |
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authorizations, and supplemental agreements issued to date; |
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(10) the total amount paid, in dollars, under the |
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contract to date; |
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(11) a list of the geographic areas covered by the |
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contract; and |
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(12) any notifications or notices relating to the |
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contract issued under Section 223.041. |
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(d) The department shall update the department's Internet |
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website with the information required under Subsection (c) at least |
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weekly. |
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SECTION 2. Section 223.041, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) If a work authorization has been issued by the |
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department for an engineering-related services contract, the |
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department shall notify the contractor in writing if the department |
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determines that the schedule or table of deliverables identified in |
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a contract or work authorization must be slowed, stopped, paused, |
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or otherwise altered for any reason. This notification must be |
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given to the contractor at least 90 days before the effective date |
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of any change to the contract's schedule or table of deliverables. |
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(d) If the department notifies a contractor for an |
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engineering-related services contract of an alteration to the |
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schedule or table of deliverables under Subsection (c), the |
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district, area-office, division, or other office within the |
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department that issued the notice shall report the notice in |
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writing to the executive director, the deputy executive director of |
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the department, and the chief engineer of the department not later |
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than three days after the date the notice was issued. Not later |
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than 10 days after the date the notice was issued, the department |
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shall post the notice on the department's Internet website in the |
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same location the contract information described by Section |
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223.0042(c) is posted for the corresponding engineering-related |
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services contract. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |