Sec. 44.0313. PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRONIC BIDS OR PROPOSALS. (a) A school district may receive bids or proposals under this chapter through electronic transmission if the board of trustees of the school district adopts rules to ensure the identification, security, and confidentiality of electronic bids or proposals and to ensure that the electronic bids or proposals remain effectively unopened until the proper time.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electronic bid or proposal is not required to be sealed. A provision of this chapter that applies to a sealed bid or proposal applies to a bid or proposal received through electronic transmission in accordance with the rules adopted under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1266 (H.B. 987), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - School Finance and Fiscal Management
Chapter 44 - Fiscal Management
Subchapter B. Purchases; Contracts
Section 44.031. Purchasing Contracts
Section 44.0311. Applicability to Junior College Districts
Section 44.0313. Procedures for Electronic Bids or Proposals
Section 44.032. Enforcement of Purchase Procedures: Criminal Penalties; Removal; Ineligibility
Section 44.0331. Management Fees Under Certain Cooperative Purchasing Contracts
Section 44.034. Notification of Criminal History of Contractor
Section 44.0351. Competitive Bidding
Section 44.0352. Competitive Sealed Proposals
Section 44.0411. Change Orders
Section 44.042. Preference to Texas and United States Products
Section 44.044. Contract With Person Indebted to School District
Section 44.047. Purchase or Lease of Automated External Defibrillator