The comptroller and each state agency making a purchase shall solicit bids under this subchapter by:

1. (1) direct mail;
2. (2) telephone;
3. (3) facsimile transmission; or
4. (4) online electronic transmission.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 494, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 393 (H.B. 1705), Sec. 3.05, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1082 (H.B. 3623), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.