Section 520.0075 - Contracting Standards For Tax Assessor-Collector(a) In this section, "deputy" means a deputy classified as a full service deputy by a board rule adopted under Section 520.0071. (b) Notwithstanding Section 262.023, Local Government Code, a county tax assessor-collector who awards a contract to a deputy for the performance of registration and titling services must comply with standard state contracting practices as if the county tax assessor-collector were a state agency, including requirements related to: (1) purchase methods and competitive bidding under Sections 2155.062 and 2155.063, Government Code; (2) determining the best value for the county under Sections 2155.074, 2155.075, and 2155.0755, Government Code; (3) contracting standards and oversight under Chapter 2261, Government Code; and (4) contract management under Chapter 2262, Government Code. (c) A contract described by Subsection (b) must: (1) specify an expiration date and renewal or extension terms for the contract; and (2) include performance criteria and measures necessary to evaluate the performance of the deputy under the contract. (d) A county tax assessor-collector shall monitor and evaluate the performance of a deputy awarded a contract described by this section and use that information in determining whether to renew or extend the contract or award a new contract.Tex. Transp. Code § 520.0075
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 594,Sec. 4.03, eff. 9/1/2019.