Bill Text: TX SB1199 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1199 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1199-Introduced.html
84R8677 JRJ-F | ||
By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1199 |
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relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business | ||
by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 130.010, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 130.010. PURCHASING CONTRACTS. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (c), the [ |
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Chapter 44, relating to the purchase of goods and services under | ||
contract by a school district apply to the purchase of goods and | ||
services under contract by a junior college district. | ||
(b) To the extent of any conflict, the provisions of this | ||
section and Subchapter B, Chapter 44, prevail over any other law | ||
relating to the purchase of goods and services by a junior college | ||
district. | ||
(c) A junior college district, in awarding a contract by | ||
competitive sealed bid, may consider the location of a bidder's | ||
principal place of business in the manner provided by Sections | ||
271.905 and 271.9051, Local Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |