Bill: HB 3193, 84(R) - 2015
Committee
House Urban Affairs
Companion Bill
SB 1998
Vote Recommendation
| Vote Recommendation |
Economic Freedom |
Property Rights |
Personal Responsibility |
Limited Government |
Individual Liberty |
| No |
Negative |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Author(s)
Diego Bernal
Bill Caption
Relating to consideration of location of an offeror's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.
Fiscal Notes
There is no significant fiscal implication to State or local government.
Bill Analysis
HB 3193 would amend the Local Government Code to permit a municipality,
who receives one or more proposals from an offeror whose principal
place of business is in the municipality or outside the municipality and
in a county in which the municipality is located, to consider the
offeror's principal place of business as a percentage of the evaluation
of factors. The bill would specify the municipality could treat an offereor whose
principal place of business is outside the municipality and in a county
in which the municipality is located in the same manner as an offeror
whose principal place of business is in the municipality.
Vote Recommendation Notes
While
we can agree that protecting local jobs is important to our economy, we
should
not undermine the free market system and increase government influence
to do
so. HB 3193 would increase the special privilege of municipality based
businesses
by allowing their location to be considered for certain contract bids over businesses
located outside of the county, regardless of whether or not
they could perform the same level of work. Instead of using government
to
secure special privileges for local businesses, Texas should allow open
bidding on the free market to drive down costs without forsaking quality
in the name of awarding contracts to locally based businesses. This bill abridges the principle of the free market and we oppose HB 3193.
