Tex. Gov't Code § 2156.004 · Subchapter A. CONTRACT PURCHASE PROCEDURE
BID DEPOSIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The comptroller, as considered necessary, may require a bid deposit in an amount determined by the comptroller. The amount of the deposit, if any, must be stated in the public notice and the invitation to bid.
(b) On the award of a bid or the rejection of all bids, the comptroller shall refund the bid deposit of an unsuccessful bidder.
(c) The comptroller may accept from a bidder a bid deposit in the form of a blanket bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2156.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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