Bill Text: TX HB793 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 20)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-07 - Effective immediately [HB793 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB793-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 793 | ||
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| relating to certain government contracts with companies that | ||
| boycott Israel. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2270.001(2), Government Code, as added | ||
| by Chapter 1 (H.B. 89), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (2) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 808.001, except that the term does not include a sole | ||
| proprietorship. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2270.002, Government Code, as added by | ||
| Chapter 1 (H.B. 89), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
| 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2270.002. PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to a contract that: | ||
| (1) is between a governmental entity and a company | ||
| with 10 or more full-time employees; and | ||
| (2) has a value of $100,000 or more that is to be paid | ||
| wholly or partly from public funds of the governmental entity. | ||
| (b) A governmental entity may not enter into a contract with | ||
| a company for goods or services unless the contract contains a | ||
| written verification from the company that it: | ||
| (1) does not boycott Israel; and | ||
| (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of the | ||
| contract. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 793 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 0, 40 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 793 was passed by the Senate on May 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
