78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2091, Chapter 63 Page: 2 of 3
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H.B. No. 2091
1 the electronic transmission of bids and proposals must provide:
2 (1) for the identification, security, and
3 confidentiality of an electronic bid or proposal;
4 (2) that an electronic bid or proposal is not required
5 to be sealed; and
6 (3) that an electronic bid or proposal remains
7 effectively unopened until the appropriate time.
8 SECTION 2. Section 452.107(a), Transportation Code, is
9 amended to read as follows:
10 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an authority may
11 not award a contract for construction, services, or property, other
12 than real property, except through the solicitation of competitive
13 sealed bids or proposals, including the reverse auction procedure,
14 ensuring full and open competition.
15 SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to a
16 regional transportation authority's contract rules, guidelines,
17 and procedures apply only to a procurement for which the authority
18 first advertises or otherwise solicits bids or proposals on or
19 after September 1, 2003.
20 (b) A procurement for which the regional transportation
21 authority first advertised or otherwise solicited bids or proposals
22 before September 1, 2003, is governed by the law as it existed
23 immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
24 continued in effect for that purpose.
25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2091, Chapter 63, legislative document, May 16, 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158361/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.