Bill Text: TX SB1181 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [SB1181 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1181-Comm_Sub.html
By: Miles | S.B. No. 1181 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2023; March 9, 2023, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; | ||
April 17, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 17, 2023, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1181 | By: Springer |
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relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by | ||
the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.069, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (h) and adding | ||
Subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The land office shall enter into indefinite quantity | ||
contracts with vendors to provide [ |
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construct, repair, or rebuild property or infrastructure in the | ||
event of a natural disaster. | ||
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under Subsection (a) must[ |
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(1) [ |
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(2) [ |
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the term [ |
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contract; and | ||
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state declared by the governor or president of the United States | ||
under law to be a disaster area as a result of the natural | ||
disaster[ |
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(c) The land office shall ensure that it has contracts in | ||
place under this section with vendors to provide [ |
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expiration of a contract under this section. | ||
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
the [ |
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Section 2254.004, Government Code, in contracting for engineering | ||
services under this section. | ||
(i) The land office may award a contract under this section | ||
to one or more vendors: | ||
(1) on the basis of demonstrated competence and | ||
qualifications to perform the services for which the land office | ||
issues a request for qualifications; or | ||
(2) using any other applicable state procurement | ||
method. | ||
(j) A contract under this section may include: | ||
(1) a unit price book; | ||
(2) a list of pre-priced work items; or | ||
(3) another schedule identifying agreed prices for | ||
services. | ||
(k) A contract under this section that does not include the | ||
items listed in Subsection (j) must require a vendor to submit a | ||
price proposal for services on request by the land office. | ||
(l) The land office shall issue task, work, or purchase | ||
orders for services under a contract entered into under this | ||
section to the vendor that provides the best value to the land | ||
office using the standard provided by Section 2155.074, Government | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a contract for which the General Land Office 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 the General Land Office 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, 2023. | ||
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