Bill Text: TX HB2325 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the competitive bidding and notice requirements for contracts of certain mass transportation authorities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2325 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2325-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2325 |
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relating to the competitive bidding and notice requirements for | ||
contracts of certain mass transportation authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 451.110(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract for: | ||
(1) $50,000 [ |
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(2) the purchase of real property; | ||
(3) personal or professional services; or | ||
(4) the acquisition of an existing transit system. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 451.111(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subchapter Q, unless the posting | ||
requirement in Subsection (b) is satisfied, a board may not let a | ||
contract that is: | ||
(1) for more than $50,000 [ |
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(2) for: | ||
(A) the purchase of real property; or | ||
(B) consulting or professional services. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 452.107(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The executive committee may authorize the negotiation | ||
of a contract without competitive sealed bids or proposals if: | ||
(1) the aggregate amount involved in the contract is | ||
$50,000 [ |
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(2) the contract is for construction for which not | ||
more than one bid or proposal is received; | ||
(3) the contract is for services or property for which | ||
there is only one source or for which it is otherwise impracticable | ||
to obtain competition; | ||
(4) the contract is to respond to an emergency for | ||
which the public exigency does not permit the delay incident to the | ||
competitive process; | ||
(5) the contract is for personal or professional | ||
services or services for which competitive bidding is precluded by | ||
law; or | ||
(6) the contract, without regard to form and which may | ||
include bonds, notes, loan agreements, or other obligations, is for | ||
the purpose of borrowing money or is a part of a transaction | ||
relating to the borrowing of money, including: | ||
(A) a credit support agreement, such as a line or | ||
letter of credit or other debt guaranty; | ||
(B) a bond, note, debt sale or purchase, trustee, | ||
paying agent, remarketing agent, indexing agent, or similar | ||
agreement; | ||
(C) an agreement with a securities dealer or | ||
investment adviser, broker, or underwriter; and | ||
(D) any other contract or agreement considered by | ||
the executive committee to be appropriate or necessary in support | ||
of the authority's financing activities. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a contract for which a regional transportation authority or | ||
metropolitan rapid transit authority first advertises or otherwise | ||
solicits bids or proposals on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2325 was passed by the House on April | ||
21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2325 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |