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      By: Bettencourt, West S.B. No. 2046     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county   competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 262.034, Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 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 to avoid the competitive bidding   requirements of Section 262.023. An offense under this subsection   is a Class A [ B ] misdemeanor , except that the offense is:                 (1)     a state jail felony if the purchases have an   aggregated value of over $1 million but less than $5 million; and                 (2)     a felony of the third degree if the purchases have   an aggregated value of $5 million or more .           (b)  [ (c) ]  A county officer or employee commits an offense if   the officer or employee intentionally or knowingly violates this   subchapter, other than by conduct described by Subsection (a). An   offense under this subsection is a Class B [ C ] misdemeanor , except   that the offense is:                 (1)     a Class A misdemeanor if the conduct involves a   contract that has a value of over $1 million but less than $5   million; and                 (2)     a state jail felony if the conduct involves a   contract that has a value of $5 million or more .          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of   this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of   this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.