88R4448 MZM-F     By: Canales H.B. No. 3889       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway   projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 223.005, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 223.005.  BIDS ON CONTRACTS INVOLVING LESS THAN $1   MILLION [$300,000].          SECTION 2.  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 3.  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 4.  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.