Bill Text: TX HB558 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States for certain state, state-aided, and governmental entity construction projects.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB558-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 558 |
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relating to the purchase of iron, steel, and manufactured goods | ||
made in the United States for certain state, state-aided, and | ||
governmental entity construction projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2166.3031 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2166.3031. UNIFORM PURCHASING CONDITION. (a) Except | ||
as provided by Subsection (b), the uniform general conditions for a | ||
construction project in which iron, steel, or manufactured goods | ||
will be used must require that the bid documents provided to all | ||
bidders and the contract include a requirement that the iron, | ||
steel, and manufactured goods used in the project be produced in the | ||
United States. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a project for which the | ||
governing body of the governmental entity responsible for the | ||
project determines that: | ||
(1) iron, steel, or specific manufactured goods are | ||
not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably | ||
available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or | ||
(2) inclusion of iron, steel, or specific manufactured | ||
goods produced in the United States will increase the total cost of | ||
the iron, steel, or specific manufactured goods for the project by | ||
more than 15 percent. | ||
(c) This section applies to a project otherwise exempted | ||
from the application of this chapter by Sections 2166.003 and | ||
2166.004. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2166.003(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Only Sections 2166.104, 2166.151, 2166.152, 2166.153, | ||
2166.154, 2166.155, 2166.251, 2166.252, and 2166.3031 and | ||
Subchapter H apply to a construction project undertaken by or for | ||
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of | ||
individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2166.3031, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to bid documents submitted or contracts | ||
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |