By: Martinez (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)	H.B. No. 3730
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2011;
	May 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation and Homeland Security; May 20, 2011, reported
	favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2011,
	sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain privatization of maintenance contracts awarded
	by the Texas Department of Transportation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 223.042(c), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The department may award a contract under this section
	as a purchase of service under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government
	Code, if the department:
	(1)  estimates that the contract will involve an amount
	for which a formal solicitation process for the purchase of
	services is not required under rules relating to the delegation of
	purchasing authority to state agencies adopted by the comptroller
	under Subchapter C, Chapter 2155, Government Code [less than
	$15,000]; and
	(2)  determines that the competitive bidding procedure
	in this chapter is not practical.
	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, 2011.
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