Texas Local Government Code Title 8, Chapter 262 - Purchasing And Contracting Authority Of Counties

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 262.001 - Appointment Of Agent To Make Contracts
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may appoint an agent to make a contract on behalf of the county for: (1) erecting or repairing...
• Texas Section 262.002 - Authority To Purchase Road Equipment And Tires Through Comptroller
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may purchase through the comptroller road machinery and equipment, tires, and tubes to be used by the county....
• Texas Section 262.003 - Small, Sole-source Purchase Exempt From Competitive Bidding
  (a) Any law that requires a county to follow a competitive procurement procedure in making a purchase requiring the expenditure of $50,000 or less does...
• Texas Section 262.004 - Contract And Other Instruments Vest Rights In County; Suit On Contract Or Other Instrument
  (a) A note, bond, bill, contract, covenant, agreement, or writing in which a person is bound to a county, to the court or commissioners of...
• Texas Section 262.005 - Application Of Other Law
  The purchasing requirements of Section 361.426, Health and Safety Code, apply to county purchases made under this chapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 262.006 - Least Cost Review Program
  The commissioners court of a county may establish a least cost review program for public improvements to be constructed by the use of personnel, equipment,...

SUBCHAPTER B PURCHASING AGENTS

• Texas Section 262.007 - Suit Against County Arising Under Certain Contracts
  (a) A county that is a party to a written contract for engineering, architectural, or construction services or for goods related to engineering, architectural, or...
• Texas Section 262.011 - Purchasing Agents
  (a) A board composed as provided by this subsection, by majority vote, may appoint a suitable person to act as the county purchasing agent. In...
• Texas Section 262.0115 - Purchasing Agents In Counties With Population Of More Than 100,000
  (a) In a county with a population of more than 100,000, the commissioners court may employ a person to act as county purchasing agent. However,...

SUBCHAPTER C COMPETITIVE BIDDING IN GENERAL

• Texas Section 262.012 - County Auditors As Purchasing Agents In Certain Counties
  (a) The commissioners court of a county that employs a county auditor jointly with one or more counties under Section 84.008 may require the auditor...
• Texas Section 262.021 - Short Title
  This subchapter may be cited as the County Purchasing Act. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 262.022 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Bond funds" means money in the county treasury received from the sale of bonds, and proceeds of bonds that have been...
• Texas Section 262.0225 - Additional Competitive Procedures
  (a) In the procedure for competitive bidding under this subchapter, the commissioners court of the county shall provide all bidders with the opportunity to bid...
• Texas Section 262.023 - Competitive Requirements For Certain Purchases
  (a) Before a county may purchase one or more items under a contract that will require an expenditure exceeding $50,000, the commissioners court of the...
• Texas Section 262.0235 - Procedures Adopted By County Purchasing Agents For Electronic Bids Or Proposals
  The county purchasing agent, before receiving electronic bids or proposals, shall adopt rules in conformance with Section 262.011(o) to ensure the identification, security, and confidentiality...
• Texas Section 262.024 - Discretionary Exemptions
  (a) A contract for the purchase of any of the following items is exempt from the requirement established by Section 262.023 if the commissioners court...
• Texas Section 262.0241 - Mandatory Exemptions: Certain Recreational Services
  (a) This section applies only to a county that: (1) has a population of 20,000 or less; and (2) owns not more than one golf...
• Texas Section 262.0245 - Competitive Procurement Procedures Adopted By County Purchasing Agents Or Commissioners Court
  A county purchasing agent or, in a county without a purchasing agent, the commissioners court shall adopt procedures that provide for competitive procurement, to the...
• Texas Section 262.025 - Competitive Bidding Notice
  (a) A notice of a proposed purchase must be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation...
• Texas Section 262.0255 - Additional Notice And Bond Provisions Relating To Purchase Of Certain Equipment
  (a) A notice of a proposed purchase of earth-moving, material-handling, road maintenance, or construction equipment under Section 262.025 may include a request for information about...
• Texas Section 262.0256 - Pre-bid Conference For Certain Counties Or A District Governed By Those Counties
  (a) The commissioners court of the county or the governing body of a district or authority created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, if...
• Texas Section 262.026 - Opening Of Bids
  (a) The county official who makes purchases for the county shall open the bids on the date specified in the notice. The date specified in...
• Texas Section 262.027 - Awarding Of Contract
  (a) The officer in charge of opening the bids shall present them to the commissioners court in session. Except as provided by Subsection (e), the...
• Texas Section 262.0271 - Consideration Of Health Insurance Provided By Bidder
  (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...
• Texas Section 262.0275 - Safety Record Of Bidder Considered
  In determining who is a responsible bidder, the commissioners court may take into account the safety record of the bidder, of the firm, corporation, partnership,...
• Texas Section 262.0276 - Contract With Person Indebted To County
  (a) By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation...
• Texas Section 262.028 - Lump-sum Or Unit Price Method
  A purchase may be proposed on a lump-sum or unit price basis. If the county chooses to use unit pricing in its notice, the information...
• Texas Section 262.029 - Time Warrant Election
  If before the date tentatively set for the authorization of the issuance of time warrants applying to a contract covered by this subchapter or if...
• Texas Section 262.0295 - Alternative Multistep Competitive Proposal Procedure
  (a) (1) If the county official who makes purchases for the county determines that it is impractical to prepare detailed specifications for an item to...
• Texas Section 262.030 - Alternative Competitive Proposal Procedure For Certain Goods And Services
  (a) Except for Subsection (d) of this section, the competitive proposal procedure provided by this section may be used for the purchase of insurance, high...
• Texas Section 262.0305 - Modification After Award
  (a) After award of a contract but before the contract is made, the county official who makes purchases for the county may negotiate a modification...
• Texas Section 262.031 - Changes In Plans And Specifications
  (a) If it becomes necessary to make changes in plans, specifications, or proposals after a contract is made or if it becomes necessary to increase...
• Texas Section 262.032 - Bid Or Performance Bond; Payment Under Contract
  (a) If the contract is for the construction of public works or is under a contract exceeding $100,000, the bid specifications or request for proposals...
• Texas Section 262.033 - Injunction
  Any property tax paying citizen of the county may enjoin performance under a contract made by a county in violation of this subchapter. Acts 1987,...
• Texas Section 262.034 - Criminal Penalties
  (a) A county officer or employee commits an offense if the officer or employee intentionally or knowingly makes or authorizes separate, sequential, or component purchases...
• Texas Section 262.036 - Selection And Retention Of Insurance Broker
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, a county may select an appropriately licensed insurance agent as the sole broker of record to obtain...
• Texas Section 262.037 - Qualification
  An officer authorized to make a purchase on behalf of a county or a county department or office may not make any purchase until providing...

Last modified: September 28, 2016