83R8378 ATP-F
	By: Leach	H.B. No. 2958

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the applicability of competitive bidding or competitive
	sealed proposal requirements to agencies or instrumentalities of,
	or agreements between, governmental entities subject to
	competitive procurement requirements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows:
	Sec. 271.909.  COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO
	CERTAIN AGENCIES, INSTRUMENTALITIES, AND AGREEMENTS. (a) In this
	section, "governmental entity" means a county, municipality,
	district, or other political subdivision of this state.
	(b)  To the extent that a governmental entity is required by
	statute to award a contract using competitive bidding or
	competitive sealed proposals, an agency or instrumentality of the
	governmental entity, an economic development corporation created
	by the governmental entity under Subtitle C1, Title 12, or an
	alliance, agreement, partnership, or agency created between the
	governmental entity and one or more other governmental entities is
	required to award a contract by competitive bidding or competitive
	sealed proposals in the same manner as the governmental entity.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a contract for which a governmental entity first advertises or
	otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or
	makes a similar solicitation on or after the effective date of this
	Act. A contract for which a governmental entity first advertises or
	otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications or
	makes a similar solicitation before the effective date of this Act
	is governed by the law in effect on the date the advertisement or
	solicitation is made, and that law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.