# Texas — municipalities — Competitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

For Texas, state and entity type is Texas — municipalities; entity type is municipalities; spending category is all contracts requiring an expenditure from municipal funds; formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is more than $100,000; threshold (normalised) is $100,000, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** Texas — municipalities _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** municipalities _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** all contracts requiring an expenditure from municipal funds _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** more than $100,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $100,000 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 252.021 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Before a municipality may enter into a contract that requires an expenditure of more than $100,000 from one or more municipal funds, the municipality must:

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/local-government-code/loc-gov-t-sect-252-021.html

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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