Bill Text: TX SB121 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting governmental contracts with a company engaged in planning, constructing, or maintaining the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-11 - Filed [SB121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB121-Introduced.html
| 85S12135 TSR-D | ||
| By: Garcia, et al. | S.B. No. 121 | |
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| relating to prohibiting governmental contracts with a company | ||
| engaged in planning, constructing, or maintaining the border wall | ||
| between the United States and Mexico. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2252.151, Government Code, as effective | ||
| September 1, 2017, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and | ||
| adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Border wall" means a wall, fence, or other | ||
| barrier on the border between the United States and Mexico. | ||
| (1-a) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 2270.0001 [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 2252, Government Code, as | ||
| added by S.B. No. 252, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2017, as effective September 1, 2017, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 2252.1525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2252.1525. CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES ENGAGED IN CERTAIN | ||
| ACTIVITIES RELATED TO BORDER WALL PROHIBITED. A governmental | ||
| entity may not enter into a governmental contract with a company | ||
| that is identified as engaged in the planning, construction, or | ||
| maintenance of the border wall on the list prepared and maintained | ||
| under Section 2252.153. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2252.153, Government Code, as effective | ||
| September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2252.153. LISTED COMPANIES. The comptroller shall | ||
| prepare and maintain, and make available to each governmental | ||
| entity, a list of companies known to: | ||
| (1) have contracts with or provide supplies or | ||
| services to a foreign terrorist organization; or | ||
| (2) be engaged in the planning, construction, or | ||
| maintenance of the border wall, including by providing: | ||
| (A) supplies, equipment, or other personal | ||
| property; or | ||
| (B) personnel. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a contract or purchase for which a governmental entity first | ||
| advertises or otherwise solicits bids, proposals, offers, or | ||
| qualifications on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
