By: Sherman, Sr. (Senate Sponsor - West)	H.B. No. 362
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
	April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
	Government; April 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [A] county shall accept
	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.
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