S.B. No. 1720
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the threshold contract amount at which a county is
  required to engage in a competitive purchasing procedure for
  certain purchases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 252.312(b) and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  If the county road engineer so recommends and the
  commissioners court considers it to be in the best interest of the
  county, a purchase in an amount of $50,000 [$25,000] or less may be
  made through negotiation by the commissioners court or the court's
  authorized representative on requisition to be approved by the
  commissioners court or the county auditor without advertising for
  competitive bids.
         (c)  A purchase may not be divided or reduced to avoid the
  competitive bidding requirement on a purchase that would otherwise
  cost more than $50,000 [$25,000].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a purchase commenced on or after September 1, 2019. A purchase
  for which competitive bids are advertised before September 1, 2019,
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the bids were
  advertised, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1720 passed the Senate on
  April 26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1720 passed the House on May
  14, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 15, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor