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§ 262.0271 — CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDED BY BIDDER

LG § 262.0271Title 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY · Part B. COUNTY ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY · Ch. 262. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES · Art. C. COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN GENERAL

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(a)Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285, Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2011.
(b)In purchasing items under this chapter through a competitive bidding process, if a county receives one or more bids from a bidder who provides reasonable health insurance coverage to its employees and requires a subcontractor the bidder intends to use to provide reasonable health insurance coverage to the subcontractor's employees and whose bid is within five percent of the lowest and best bid price received by the county from a bidder who does not provide or require reasonable health insurance coverage, the commissioners court of the county may give preference to the bidder who provides and requires reasonable health insurance coverage.
(c)This section does not prohibit a county from rejecting all bids. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1299 (H.B. 2695), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (H.B. 1694), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (H.B. 1694), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2011.

Source: Texas Local Government Code § 262.0271 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.