Bill Text: TX HB770 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HB770 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB770-Introduced.html

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85R1561 YDB-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 770

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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) In this
section:
(1) "Component" means any article, material, or
supply, whether a manufactured good or a raw material, that is
directly incorporated into a manufactured good.
(2) "Manufactured good" means a product produced as a
result of a manufacturing process.
(3) "Manufacturing process" means the application of a
process to alter the form or function of the components of a product
in a manner that adds value and transforms the components into a new
finished product that is functionally different from a finished
product produced merely from assembling the components into a
product.
(4) "Produced in the United States" means:
(A) with respect to iron and steel products, a
product for which all manufacturing processes, from initial melting
through application of coatings, occur in the United States, other
than metallurgical processes to refine steel additives; and
(B) with respect to manufactured goods, a
manufactured good for which:
(i) all of the manufacturing processes that
produced the manufactured good occur in the United States; and
(ii) more than 60 percent of the components
of the manufactured good, by cost, originate or are manufactured in
the United States.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4)(B)(ii), if a
component originates in the United States, the entire cost of that
component is included in the calculation under that subparagraph of
the percentage of the component costs for the manufactured good.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), 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.
(d) Subsection (c) 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.
(e) 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, 2017.