Bill Text: TX HB3252 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain contracting requirements for certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB3252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3252-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 3252 | |
| (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston) | ||
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017; | ||
| May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Transportation; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following | ||
| vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to certain contracting requirements for certain | ||
| metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2267.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2267.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) the financing, design, construction, maintenance, | ||
| or operation of a highway in the state highway system; | ||
| (2) a transportation authority operating [ |
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| under Chapter 451, 452, 453, or 460, Transportation Code, other | ||
| than a metropolitan rapid transit authority operating under Chapter | ||
| 451, Transportation Code, in which the principal municipality has a | ||
| population of 1.9 million or more; | ||
| (3) any telecommunications, cable television, video | ||
| service, or broadband infrastructure other than technology | ||
| installed as part of a qualifying project that is essential to the | ||
| project; or | ||
| (4) except as provided by Section 2165.259, a | ||
| qualifying project located in the Capitol Complex, as defined by | ||
| Section 443.0071. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 451, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 451.114 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 451.114. CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: CERTAIN | ||
| AUTHORITIES. In procuring architectural, engineering, or design | ||
| services, an authority in which the principal municipality has a | ||
| population of 1.9 million or more shall incorporate the selection | ||
| process for those services as provided by Section 2254.004, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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