88R19650 MZM-F     By: Canales H.B. No. 3889     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3889:     By:  Canales C.S.H.B. No. 3889       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the handling of bids on certain construction contracts   for highway projects and buildings.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 201.120 to read as follows:          Sec. 201.120.  BIDS ON CONTRACTS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION   INVOLVING LESS THAN $1 MILLION.  (a)  The commission by rule may   allow bids on a contract for construction of a building estimated by   the department to involve an amount less than $1 million to be filed   with 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.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 223.005.  BIDS ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN   $1 MILLION [$300,000].          SECTION 3.  Section 223.005(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission by rule may allow bids on a contract   estimated by the department to involve an amount less than $1   million [$300,000] to be filed with 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.          SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   bids for which the notice of bid is given on or after the effective   date of this Act.  A notice of bid given before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.