By: Davis S.B. No. 1466
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 25, 2009, rereferred to Committee on Transportation and
Homeland Security; May 4, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2;
May 4, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1466 By: Davis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procurement of certain cement by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.711 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.711. EXPENDITURES FOR CEMENT. (a) This section
applies only to a department contract that involves the use of
cement that is produced in an area of the state that, on January 1,
2009, was classified as a moderate nonattainment area for the
eight-hour ozone standard by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency under 42 U.S.C. Section 7511.
(b) In procuring the cement, either directly or through a
subcontract, the department shall specify as the base bid,
proposal, or offer, cement produced from a portland cement kiln
that meets or exceeds regulatory requirements for emissions of
nitrogen oxide from a portland cement kiln that:
(1) utilizes a dry raw material feed precalciner
pyroprocessing technology; and
(2) is located in an area that, on January 1, 2009, was
classified as a moderate nonattainment area for the eight-hour
ozone standard by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
under 42 U.S.C. Section 7511.
SECTION 2. Section 201.711, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a request for bids, proposals, or other
offers by or on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation
that relates to a contract that involves the purchase of cement that
is published on or after September 1, 2009.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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