| 1 | 1 | | By: Davis, West, Harris S.B. No. 1467 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2009; March 17, 2009, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 28, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 3; April 28, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to governmental agency contracts that involve the |
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| 11 | 11 | | production of cement. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 271.907, Local Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (d) A preference provided by Subsection (c) or (e) [The |
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| 17 | 17 | | preference] may be given only if the cost to the governmental agency |
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| 18 | 18 | | for the goods or services would not exceed 105 percent of the cost |
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| 19 | 19 | | of the goods or services provided by a vendor who does not meet the |
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| 20 | 20 | | standards. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (e) A governmental agency procuring goods or services that |
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| 22 | 22 | | involve the production of cement may give preference to goods or |
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| 23 | 23 | | services of a vendor that demonstrates that the cement was produced |
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| 24 | 24 | | from a portland cement kiln that: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) utilizes a dry raw material feed precalciner |
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| 26 | 26 | | pyroprocessing technology; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) meets or exceeds regulatory requirements for |
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| 28 | 28 | | emissions of nitrogen oxide. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 30 | 30 | | * * * * * |
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