Bill Text: TX SB1671 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the contracting authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [SB1671 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1671-Introduced.html
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| By: LaMantia | S.B. No. 1671 | |
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| relating to the contracting authority of the Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Department. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) If the executive director or the executive director's | ||
| designee does not receive any responsive bids on a competitive | ||
| solicitation for goods or services, the executive director or the | ||
| executive director's designee after making a written determination | ||
| that competition is not available may negotiate with and award the | ||
| contract to any qualified vendor who meets the requirements of the | ||
| original solicitation. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 11.0171(c), Parks and Wildlife Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which bids are | ||
| first solicited on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| contract for which bids are first solicited 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 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, 2023. | ||
