Bill Text: TX HB2977 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain materials used in road construction projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2977 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2977-Comm_Sub.html
88R12661 SRA-D | ||
By: Harris of Williamson | H.B. No. 2977 |
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relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation for certain materials used in road construction | ||
projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.0471 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.0471. PROHIBITED PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BIDS BASED | ||
ON USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE CRITERIA FOR | ||
MATERIAL SELECTION. In comparing bids for materials to be used in a | ||
project to which this chapter applies, the department may not give a | ||
preference to a bid that proposes using certain materials based on | ||
environmental, social, and governance criteria, including carbon | ||
emission criteria, if the proposed materials are less cost | ||
effective or durable than alternative materials for the same | ||
project. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |