Bill Text: TX HB2558 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to prohibited state contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2558 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2558-Comm_Sub.html
  87R18808 MWC-D
 
  By: Capriglione, Bell of Montgomery, H.B. No. 2558
      Schaefer, Slawson, Oliverson, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2558:
 
  By:  Paddie C.S.H.B. No. 2558
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibited state contracts with companies that
  discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 2274 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 2274. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES THAT
  DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FIREARM AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRIES
         Sec. 2274.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Ammunition" means a loaded cartridge case,
  primer, bullet, or propellant powder with or without a projectile.
               (2)  "Company" means a for-profit organization,
  association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
  partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability
  company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned
  subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or
  associations that exists to make a profit.
               (3)  "Discriminate against a firearm entity or firearm
  trade association" means, with respect to the entity or
  association, to:
                     (A)  refuse to engage in the trade of any goods or
  services;
                     (B)  refrain from continuing an existing business
  relationship;
                     (C)  terminate an existing business relationship;
  or
                     (D)  otherwise express a prejudice against the
  entity or association.
               (4)  "Firearm" means a weapon that expels a projectile
  by the action of explosive or expanding gases.
               (5)  "Firearm accessory" means a device specifically
  designed or adapted to enable an individual to wear, carry, store,
  or mount a firearm on the individual or on a conveyance and an item
  used in conjunction with or mounted on a firearm that is not
  essential to the basic function of the firearm. The term includes a
  detachable firearm magazine.
               (6)  "Firearm entity" means:
                     (A)  a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition
  manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, supplier, or retailer; and
                     (B)  a sport shooting range as defined by Section
  250.001, Local Government Code.
               (7)  "Firearm trade association" means any person,
  corporation, unincorporated association, federation, business
  league, or business organization that:
                     (A)  is not organized or operated for profit and
  for which none of its net earnings inures to the benefit of any
  private shareholder or individual;
                     (B)  has two or more firearm entities as members;
  and
                     (C)  is exempt from federal income taxation under
  Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization
  described by Section 501(c)(6) of that code.
               (8)  "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 2251.001.
         Sec. 2274.002.  PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. (a) This
  section applies only to a contract to be paid partly or wholly from
  public funds between a governmental entity and a company with at
  least 10 full-time employees that has a value of at least $100,000.
         (b)  Subject to Subsection (c), a governmental entity may not
  enter into a contract with a company for the purchase of goods or
  services unless the contract contains a written verification from
  the company that it:
               (1)  does not have a written or unwritten internal
  practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates
  against a firearm entity or firearm trade association based solely
  on its status as a firearm entity or firearm trade association; and
               (2)  will not discriminate during the term of the
  contract against a firearm entity or firearm trade association
  based solely on its status as a firearm entity or firearm trade
  association.
         (c)  This section does not apply to a governmental entity
  that determines the requirement is inconsistent with the entity's
  constitutional or statutory duties related to the issuance of debt
  obligations or the deposit or investment of funds.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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