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.
Sponsorship: 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. | ||
