Bill Text: TX SB552 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with agricultural land.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Left pending in committee [SB552 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB552-Introduced.html
| By: Campbell, Parker | S.B. No. 552 | |
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| relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain | ||
| foreign-owned companies in connection with agricultural land. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 113, Business & Commerce Code, as added | ||
| by Chapter 975 (S.B. 2116), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 113. PROHIBITION ON AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED | ||
| COMPANIES IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND | ||
| AGRICULTURAL LAND | ||
| Sec. 113.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Agricultural land" means land that qualifies for | ||
| tax appraisal under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 23, Tax Code. | ||
| (1-a) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, | ||
| organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint | ||
| venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or | ||
| limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, | ||
| majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those | ||
| entities or business associations, that exists to make a profit. | ||
| (2) "Critical infrastructure" means a communication | ||
| infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, | ||
| hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. | ||
| (3) "Cybersecurity" means the measures taken to | ||
| protect a computer, computer network, computer system, or other | ||
| technology infrastructure against unauthorized use or access. | ||
| (4) "Designated country" means a country designated by | ||
| the governor as a threat to critical infrastructure or agricultural | ||
| land under Section 113.003. | ||
| Sec. 113.002. PROHIBITED ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE | ||
| AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. (a) A business entity or individual may not | ||
| enter into an agreement relating to agricultural land in this state | ||
| with individuals who are citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, | ||
| Russia, or a designated country. | ||
| (b) A business entity may not enter into an agreement | ||
| relating to critical infrastructure or agricultural land in this | ||
| state with a company: | ||
| (1) if, under the agreement, the company would be | ||
| granted direct or remote access to or control of critical | ||
| infrastructure or agricultural land in this state, excluding access | ||
| specifically allowed by the business entity for product warranty | ||
| and support purposes; and | ||
| (2) if the business entity knows that the company is: | ||
| (A) owned by or the majority of stock or other | ||
| ownership interest of the company is held or controlled by: | ||
| (i) individuals who are citizens of China, | ||
| Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated country; or | ||
| (ii) a company or other entity, including a | ||
| governmental entity, that is owned or controlled by citizens of or | ||
| is directly controlled by the government of China, Iran, North | ||
| Korea, Russia, or a designated country; or | ||
| (B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, | ||
| Russia, or a designated country. | ||
| (b) The prohibition described by Subsection (a) applies | ||
| regardless of whether: | ||
| (1) the company's or its parent company's securities | ||
| are publicly traded; or | ||
| (2) the company or its parent company is listed on a | ||
| public stock exchange as: | ||
| (A) a Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, or Russian | ||
| company; or | ||
| (B) a company of a designated country. | ||
| Sec. 113.003. DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY AS THREAT TO CRITICAL | ||
| INFRASTRUCTURE OR AGRICULTURAL LAND. (a) The governor, after | ||
| consultation with the public safety director of the Department of | ||
| Public Safety, may designate a country as a threat to critical | ||
| infrastructure or agricultural land for purposes of this chapter. | ||
| (b) The governor shall consult the Homeland Security | ||
| Council, established under Subchapter B, Chapter 421, Government | ||
| Code, to assess a threat to critical infrastructure or agricultural | ||
| land for purposes of making a designation under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
