Bill Text: TX SB1098 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-28 - Meeting cancelled [SB1098 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1098-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1098 |
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relating to certain contracts regarding airports and associated air | ||
navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local | ||
government. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.019, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.019. CONTRACTS. Except as provided by Section | ||
22.0191, a [ |
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to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a | ||
purpose provided by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 22.0191 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.0191. AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OR EQUIPMENT | ||
CONTRACTS. (a) In this section, "airport infrastructure or | ||
equipment contract" means a contract for the acquisition, | ||
construction, improvement, or renovation of airport infrastructure | ||
or equipment, including a terminal, security system, or passenger | ||
boarding bridge, used at an airport or an air navigation facility | ||
associated with an airport. | ||
(b) A local government or a person operating an airport on | ||
behalf of a local government may not enter into an airport | ||
infrastructure or equipment contract with: | ||
(1) an entity that: | ||
(A) a federal court determines has | ||
misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from | ||
another entity organized under federal, state, or local law; and | ||
(B) is owned wholly or partly by, is controlled | ||
by, or receives subsidies from the government of a country that: | ||
(i) is identified under Section 182, Trade | ||
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2242), as a priority foreign country; | ||
or | ||
(ii) is subject to monitoring by the Office | ||
of the United States Trade Representative in accordance with | ||
Section 306, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2416); or | ||
(2) any entity that owns, controls, is owned or | ||
controlled by, is under common ownership with, or is a successor to | ||
an entity described by Subdivision (1). | ||
(c) An airport infrastructure or equipment contract for | ||
goods or services entered into by a local government or a person | ||
operating an airport on behalf of a local government must contain a | ||
written statement by the entity with which the local government or | ||
person is contracting verifying that the entity is not an entity | ||
described by Subsection (b)(1) or (2). | ||
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, 2021. |