Bill Text: TX HB362 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective immediately [HB362 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB362-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 362 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or | ||
| proposals for competitive bidding. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 262.0225, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) A county may receive bids or proposals under this | ||
| subchapter in hard-copy format or through electronic transmission. | ||
| Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [ |
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| any bids or proposals submitted in hard-copy format. | ||
| (c-1) The commissioners court of a county may by order | ||
| require submission of bids or proposals under this subchapter | ||
| through electronic transmission if the county makes available all | ||
| technology necessary to submit a bid or proposal through electronic | ||
| transmission to any person who submits a hard-copy bid or proposal | ||
| in person. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 362 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 362 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
| 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
