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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY |
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Subtitle C. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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Chapter 271. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND CERTAIN OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS |
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Subchapter B. COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS |
Sec. 271.021. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Component purchases" means purchases of the component parts of an item that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(2) "Governmental entity" means:
(A) a county;
(B) a common or independent school district;
(C) a hospital district or authority;
(D) a housing authority; or
(E) an agency or instrumentality of the governmental entities described by Paragraphs (A) through (D).
(3) "Separate purchases" means purchases, made separately, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(4) "Sequential purchases" means purchases, made over a period, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1250, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.04, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1370, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.