Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.021 · Subchapter B. COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Component purchases" means purchases of the component parts of an item that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(2) "Governmental entity" means:
(A) a county;
(B) a common or independent school district;
(C) a hospital district or authority;
(D) a housing authority; or
(E) an agency or instrumentality of the governmental entities described by Paragraphs (A) through (D).
(3) "Separate purchases" means purchases, made separately, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(4) "Sequential purchases" means purchases, made over a period, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1250, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.04, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1370, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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.271.htm
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