Bill Text: TX SB1400 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to encouraging economic development through preferences for residents of this state and certain goods or services manufactured in this state and offered for sale by Texas bidders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Finance [SB1400 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1400-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1400 | |
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| relating to encouraging economic development through preferences | ||
| for residents of this state and certain goods or services | ||
| manufactured in this state and offered for sale by Texas bidders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Texas Jobs Priority | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.196 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.196. PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE | ||
| EQUIPMENT FOR DISASTER PURPOSES. (a) A state agency or an officer | ||
| of this state or a political subdivision of this state authorized to | ||
| deploy resources under this chapter in response to a disaster | ||
| shall, when purchasing personal protective equipment, give | ||
| preference to personal protective equipment manufactured in this | ||
| state and offered for sale by a bidder in this state. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a purchase unless the | ||
| personal protective equipment manufactured in this state and | ||
| offered for sale by a bidder in this state is the same or | ||
| substantially similar in price and quality as personal protective | ||
| equipment manufactured in another state or offered for sale by a | ||
| bidder in another state. | ||
| (c) If personal protective equipment manufactured in this | ||
| state is offered for sale by more than one bidder in this state, the | ||
| state agency, officer, or political subdivision described by | ||
| Subsection (a) may consider the aggregate economic effect to the | ||
| state when determining which bid to accept. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 271.9051, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a | ||
| municipality may, when making a purchase of property or services | ||
| described by Subsection (b), enter into a contract with a bidder | ||
| whose principal place of business is located in this state | ||
| regardless of whether that bidder is the lowest bidder if the | ||
| governing body of the municipality determines the bidder offers the | ||
| municipality the best combination of contract price and additional | ||
| economic development opportunities for the municipality. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 2301.151, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The board shall in exercising a power provided to it | ||
| under this chapter give preference and priority to residents of | ||
| this state, including laborers and vendors, and to manufacturers | ||
| located in this state except when it is not reasonably possible to | ||
| do so without added expense, substantial inconvenience, or | ||
| sacrifice in department efficiency. | ||
| SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, an agency, an official, or a political subdivision of | ||
| this state affected by this Act shall adopt rules and procedures as | ||
| necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
