Bill Text: TX HB2156 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag by a governmental agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Administration [HB2156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2156-Engrossed.html
| 87R23163 MWC-D | ||
| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 2156 | |
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| relating to the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag by a | ||
| governmental agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2158, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter I to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER I. PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES FLAG OR STATE FLAG | ||
| Sec. 2158.501. FLAG PROCUREMENT BY STATE AGENCY. (a) In | ||
| this subchapter, "state agency" means: | ||
| (1) a department, commission, board, office, or other | ||
| agency in the executive branch created by the constitution or a | ||
| statute of this state; | ||
| (2) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, | ||
| a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council; or | ||
| (3) a university system or an institution of higher | ||
| education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) For each United States flag or Texas state flag | ||
| purchased by a state agency, the agency must: | ||
| (1) give first preference to flags manufactured in | ||
| this state using materials grown, produced, or manufactured in this | ||
| state to the extent reasonable and practicable; and | ||
| (2) give second preference to flags manufactured in | ||
| this state or the United States using materials grown, produced, or | ||
| manufactured in the United States. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 271.909. FLAG PROCUREMENT BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. (a) | ||
| In this section, "governmental agency" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 271.003. | ||
| (b) For each United States flag or Texas state flag | ||
| purchased by a governmental agency, the agency must: | ||
| (1) give first preference to flags manufactured in | ||
| this state using materials grown, produced, or manufactured in this | ||
| state to the extent reasonable and practicable; and | ||
| (2) give second preference to flags manufactured in | ||
| this state or the United States using materials grown, produced, or | ||
| manufactured in the United States. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2158.501, Government Code, and Section | ||
| 271.909, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to | ||
| the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag made or a | ||
| contract for the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag | ||
| entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
