Bill Text: TX HB3507 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3507

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Bill Title: Relating to contracts for the construction, repair, and renovation of certain conservation and reclamation district facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3507 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3507-Introduced.html

	88R6133 ANG-F

	By: Holland	H.B. No. 3507



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to contracts for the construction, repair, and renovation
	of certain conservation and reclamation district facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Sections 49.273(d), (e), and (f), Water Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(d) For contracts over $250,000 [~~$75,000~~], the board shall
	advertise the letting of the contract, including the general
	conditions, time, and place of opening of sealed bids. The notice
	must be published in one or more newspapers circulated in each
	county in which the district is located. If there are more than
	four counties in the district, notice may be published in any
	newspaper with general circulation in the district. The notice
	must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks before the
	date that the bids are opened, and the first publication must be not
	later than the 14th day before the date of the opening of the sealed
	bids.
	(e) For contracts over $75,000 [~~$25,000~~] but not more than
	$250,000 [~~$75,000~~], the board shall solicit written competitive
	bids on uniform written specifications from at least three bidders.
	(f) For contracts of not more than $75,000 [~~$25,000~~], the
	board is not required to advertise or seek competitive bids.
	SECTION 2. Section 49.273, Water Code, as amended by this
	Act, applies only to a contract for which a governmental entity
	first advertises or otherwise requests bids, proposals, offers, or
	qualifications, or makes a similar solicitation, on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.