Bill Text: TX HB3889 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the handling of bids on certain construction contracts for highway projects and buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3889 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3889-Comm_Sub.html
88R19650 MZM-F | |||
By: Canales | H.B. No. 3889 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3889: | |||
By: Canales | C.S.H.B. No. 3889 |
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relating to the handling of bids on certain construction contracts | ||
for highway projects and buildings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.120 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.120. BIDS ON CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION | ||
INVOLVING LESS THAN $1 MILLION. (a) The commission by rule may | ||
allow bids on a contract for construction of a building estimated by | ||
the department to involve an amount less than $1 million to be filed | ||
with the director of the division of the department that is | ||
responsible for the construction of the building and opened and | ||
read at a public meeting held by the division director or the | ||
division director's designee. | ||
(b) The commission may delegate to the director or the | ||
director's designee the right to: | ||
(1) accept or reject bids received, subject to Section | ||
223.045; and | ||
(2) award a contract to the lowest bidder. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.005. BIDS ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN | ||
$1 MILLION [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract | ||
estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1 | ||
million [ |
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headquarters for the district in which the improvement is to be made | ||
and opened and read at a public meeting held by the district | ||
engineer or the district engineer's designee. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A notice of bid given before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2023. |