Bill Text: TX SB640 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-23 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB640 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB640-Introduced.html
  82R7269 JTS-F
 
  By: Seliger S.B. No. 640
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
  in awarding certain municipal contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 271.9051(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In purchasing under this title any real property,
  personal property that is not affixed to real property, or services
  other than construction services, if a municipality receives one or
  more competitive sealed bids from a bidder whose principal place of
  business is in the municipality and whose bid is within five percent
  of the lowest bid price received by the municipality from a bidder
  who is not a resident of the municipality, the municipality may
  enter into a contract for an expenditure of less than $500,000
  [$100,000] with:
               (1)  the lowest bidder; or
               (2)  the bidder whose principal place of business is in
  the municipality if the governing body of the municipality
  determines, in writing, that the local bidder offers the
  municipality the best combination of contract price and additional
  economic development opportunities for the municipality created by
  the contract award, including the employment of residents of the
  municipality and increased tax revenues to the municipality.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a contract for which a request for bids is first published or
  distributed on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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