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  89R3403 SCL-F     By: Bernal H.B. No. 664       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to consideration of location of an offeror's principal   place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 271.9052 to read as follows:           Sec.   271.9052.     CONSIDERATION OF LOCATION OF OFFEROR'S   PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN AWARDING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL   CONTRACTS. (a)   This section applies only to a municipality that   has a population of 700,000 or more.           (b)     In purchasing as authorized under this title any   personal property that is not affixed to real property or services   other than professional services, if a municipality that solicits   requests for proposals receives one or more proposals from an   offeror whose principal place of business is in the municipality,   the municipality may consider, as a percentage of the evaluation   factors in accordance with Subsection (c), an offeror's principal   place of business unless the contract is for construction services   in an amount of $100,000 or more.           (c)     If a municipality elects to consider an offeror's   principal place of business under Subsection (b) and scores an   offeror's proposal on a 100-point scale, the municipality shall   assign:                 (1)     10 points to an offeror with a principal place of   business in the municipality; or                 (2)  five points to an offeror who employs:                       (A)     at least 20 percent of the offeror's   employees in the municipality; or                       (B)  at least 100 employees in the municipality.           (d)     This section does not prohibit a municipality from   rejecting any proposal.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.