Bill Text: TX HB1440 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the authority to approve change orders for certain municipal contracts.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1440 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1440-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1440
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority to approve change orders for certain
  municipal contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 252.048, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c-1) and adding Subsection (e) to
  read as follows:
         (c-1)  If a change order for a public works contract in a
  municipality with a population of 240,000 [300,000] or more
  involves a decrease or an increase of $100,000 or less, or a lesser
  amount as provided by ordinance, the governing body of the
  municipality may grant general authority to an administrative
  official of the municipality to approve the change order.
         (e)  This section applies only to a contract awarded through
  a competitive procedure as required by Section 252.021.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a change order approved on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  A change order approved before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the change order was
  approved, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1440 was passed by the House on April
  14, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 22, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1440 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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