Tex. Transp. Code § 223.005 · Subchapter A. COMPETITIVE BIDS
BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1 MILLION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1 million to be filed with:
(1) for a contract other than a building construction contract, the district engineer at the headquarters for the district in which the improvement is to be made and opened and read at a public meeting held by the district engineer or the district engineer's designee; or
(2) for a building construction contract, the director of the division of the department that is responsible for the construction of the building and opened and read at a public meeting held by the division director or the division director's designee.
(b) The commission may delegate to the director or the director's designee the right to:
(1) accept or reject bids received, subject to Section 223.045; and
(2) award a contract to the lowest bidder.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.13(d), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 82, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 200 (S.B. 1021), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 200 (S.B. 1021), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2023.
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