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AN ACT
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relating to contracts awarded through competitive bidding by |
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certain port and harbor facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.054(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the board |
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may award a contract involving the expenditure of funds in excess of |
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the amount applicable to an expenditure of funds by a municipality |
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under Section 252.021(a), Local Government Code, [more than
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$25,000] only by competitive bidding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4493 was passed by the House on May |
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12, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4493 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |