Bill Text: TX SB1430 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain public works contracting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1430-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain public works contracting requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1430-Engrossed.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1430 |
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relating to the applicability of certain public works contracting | ||
requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsections (a), (b), and (c), Section 2267.354, | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Before September 1, 2013: | ||
(1) a governmental entity with a population of 300,000 | ||
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service area may, under this subchapter, enter into contracts for | ||
not more than three projects in any fiscal year; and | ||
(2) a municipally owned water utility with a separate | ||
governing board appointed by the governing body of a municipality | ||
with a population of 300,000 [ |
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(A) independently enter into a contract for not | ||
more than one civil works project in any fiscal year; and | ||
(B) enter into contracts for additional civil | ||
works projects in any fiscal year, but not more than the number of | ||
civil works projects prescribed by the limit in Subdivision (1) for | ||
the municipality, provided that: | ||
(i) the additional contracts for the civil | ||
works projects entered into by the utility under this paragraph are | ||
allocated to the number of contracts the municipality that appoints | ||
the utility's governing board may enter under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(ii) the governing body of the municipality | ||
must approve the contracts. | ||
(b) Before September 1, 2015, a governmental entity that has | ||
a population of 100,000 or more but less than 300,000 [ |
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is a board of trustees governed by Chapter 54, Transportation Code, | ||
may enter into contracts under this subchapter for not more than two | ||
projects in any fiscal year. | ||
(c) After the period described by Subsection (a) or (b): | ||
(1) a governmental entity with a population of 300,000 | ||
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service area may, under this subchapter, enter into contracts for | ||
not more than six projects in any fiscal year; | ||
(2) a municipally owned water utility with a separate | ||
governing board appointed by the governing body of a municipality | ||
with a population of 300,000 [ |
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(A) independently enter into contracts for not | ||
more than two civil works projects in any fiscal year; and | ||
(B) enter into contracts for additional civil | ||
works projects in any fiscal year, but not more than the number of | ||
civil works projects prescribed by the limit in Subdivision (1) for | ||
the municipality, provided that: | ||
(i) the additional contracts for the civil | ||
works projects entered into by the utility under this paragraph are | ||
allocated to the number of contracts the municipality that appoints | ||
the utility's governing board may enter under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(ii) the governing body of the municipality | ||
must approve the contracts; and | ||
(3) a governmental entity that has a population of | ||
100,000 or more but less than 300,000 [ |
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trustees governed by Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may enter | ||
into contracts under this subchapter for not more than four | ||
projects in any fiscal year. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (c-1), Section 252.048, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) If a change order for a public works contract in a | ||
municipality with a population of 300,000 [ |
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involves a decrease or an increase of $100,000 or less, or a lesser | ||
amount as provided by ordinance, the governing body of the | ||
municipality may grant general authority to an administrative | ||
official of the municipality to approve the change order. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |