Bill Text: TX HB4942 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4942

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB4942 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4942-Introduced.html



	By: Bernal	H.B. No. 4942



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for
	which competitive bidding is required.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 252.021(a), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) Before a municipality may enter into a contract that
	requires an expenditure of more than $100,000 [~~$50,000~~] from one or
	more municipal funds, the municipality must:
	(1) comply with the procedure prescribed by this
	subchapter and Subchapter C for competitive sealed bidding or
	competitive sealed proposals;
	(2) use the reverse auction procedure, as defined by
	Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, for purchasing; or
	(3) comply with a method described by Chapter 2269,
	Government Code.
	SECTION 2. Section 252.0215, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 252.0215. COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN RELATION TO
	HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS. A municipality, in making an
	expenditure of more than $10,000 [~~$3,000~~] but less than $100,000
	[~~$50,000~~], shall contact at least two historically underutilized
	businesses on a rotating basis, based on information provided by
	the comptroller pursuant to Chapter 2161, Government Code. If the
	list fails to identify a historically underutilized business in the
	county in which the municipality is situated, the municipality is
	exempt from this section.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a purchase made on or after the effective date of this Act. A
	purchase made 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.