Bill Text: TX HB2753 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2753 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2753-Introduced.html
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| By: Smithee | H.B. No. 2753 | |
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| relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining | ||
| organizations related to certain publicly funded public work | ||
| contracts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.7761(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An institution awarding a public work contract funded | ||
| in whole or in part with state or local governmental money or | ||
| governmentally administered financial assistance, including the | ||
| issuance of debt guaranteed by this state or a local governmental | ||
| entity, money from ratepayers, or money from user fees, may not: | ||
| (1) prohibit, require, discourage, or encourage a | ||
| person bidding on the public work contract, including a contractor | ||
| or subcontractor, from entering into or adhering to an agreement | ||
| with a collective bargaining organization relating to the project; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) discriminate against a person described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) based on the person's involvement in the agreement, | ||
| including the person's: | ||
| (A) status or lack of status as a party to the | ||
| agreement; or | ||
| (B) willingness or refusal to enter into the | ||
| agreement. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2269.0541(a), Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A governmental entity awarding a public work contract | ||
| funded in whole or in part with state or local governmental money or | ||
| governmentally administered financial assistance, including the | ||
| issuance of debt guaranteed by this state or a local governmental | ||
| entity, money from ratepayers, or money from user fees, may not: | ||
| (1) prohibit, require, discourage, or encourage a | ||
| person bidding on the public work contract, including a contractor | ||
| or subcontractor, from entering into or adhering to an agreement | ||
| with a collective bargaining organization relating to the project; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) discriminate against a person described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) based on the person's involvement in the agreement, | ||
| including the person's: | ||
| (A) status or lack of status as a party to the | ||
| agreement; or | ||
| (B) willingness or refusal to enter into the | ||
| agreement. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes made by this Act to Section 51.7761, | ||
| Education Code, and Section 2269.0541, Government Code, apply only | ||
| to a public work contract for which an invitation for offers, | ||
| request for proposals, request for qualifications, or other similar | ||
| solicitation is first published or distributed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A public work contract for which an | ||
| invitation for offers, request for proposals, request for | ||
| qualifications, or other similar solicitation is first published or | ||
| distributed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect at the time the invitation, request, or other | ||
| solicitation is published or distributed, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
