Bill Text: TX HB208 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of project design and construction requirements to economic development corporations created by governmental entities subject to those requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HB208 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB208-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of project design and construction requirements to economic development corporations created by governmental entities subject to those requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HB208 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB208-Introduced.html
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| By: Leach | H.B. No. 208 | |
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| relating to the applicability of project design and construction | ||
| requirements to agencies or instrumentalities of, or agreements | ||
| between, governmental entities subject to those requirements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 271.909. PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES, AND AGREEMENTS. | ||
| (a) In this section, "governmental entity" means a county, | ||
| municipality, district, or other political subdivision of this | ||
| state. | ||
| (b) The same state laws related to the design and | ||
| construction of projects, including the procurement of design and | ||
| construction services, that apply to a governmental entity apply to | ||
| an agency or instrumentality of the governmental entity, an | ||
| economic development corporation created by the governmental | ||
| entity under Subtitle C1, Title 12, or an alliance, agreement, | ||
| partnership, or agency created between the governmental entity and | ||
| one or more other governmental entities. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) an expenditure made for an improvement: | ||
| (A) that is constructed in a reinvestment zone; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the construction of which is managed by a | ||
| private venture participant; | ||
| (2) an expenditure made for an improvement connected | ||
| with a project of which more than 50 percent of the cost is funded by | ||
| a private entity; | ||
| (3) an expenditure described by Section 311.010(g), | ||
| Tax Code; | ||
| (4) an expenditure described by Section 431.110, | ||
| Transportation Code; | ||
| (5) an expenditure made for an improvement funded from | ||
| bond proceeds or a source other than taxes or assessments imposed by | ||
| a governmental entity; | ||
| (6) an expenditure made for an improvement under | ||
| Chapter 2267, Government Code; | ||
| (7) an interlocal contract under Subchapter B, Chapter | ||
| 791, Government Code; or | ||
| (8) a local cooperative organization under Subchapter | ||
| F. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act affecting | ||
| contract requirements apply only to a contract for which an entity | ||
| first advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or | ||
| qualifications or makes a similar solicitation on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A contract for which an entity first | ||
| advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or | ||
| qualifications or makes a similar solicitation before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
| advertisement or solicitation is made, and that law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
