Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 262.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SMALL, SOLE-SOURCE PURCHASE EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any law that requires a county to follow a competitive procurement procedure in making a purchase requiring the expenditure of $100,000 or less does not apply to the purchase of an item available for purchase from only one supplier.
(b) If a county makes a purchase covered by Subsection (a), the county auditor or other appropriate county officer or employee may not refuse payment for the purchase because a competitive bidding procedure was not followed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 757, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 115, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1266 (H.B. 987), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 256 (S.B. 1173), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.262.htm
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