83R431 YDB-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 558
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase of iron, steel, and manufactured goods
made in the United States for certain state, state-aided, and
governmental entity construction projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2166.3031 to read as follows:
Sec. 2166.3031. UNIFORM PURCHASING CONDITION. (a) Except
as provided by Subsection (b), the uniform general conditions for a
construction project in which iron, steel, or manufactured goods
will be used must require that the bid documents provided to all
bidders and the contract include a requirement that the iron,
steel, and manufactured goods used in the project be produced in the
United States.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a project for which the
governing body of the governmental entity responsible for the
project determines that:
(1) iron, steel, or specific manufactured goods are
not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably
available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
(2) inclusion of iron, steel, or specific manufactured
goods produced in the United States will increase the total cost of
the iron, steel, or specific manufactured goods for the project by
more than 15 percent.
(c) This section applies to a project otherwise exempted
from the application of this chapter by Sections 2166.003 and
2166.004.
SECTION 2. Section 2166.003(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Only Sections 2166.104, 2166.151, 2166.152, 2166.153,
2166.154, 2166.155, 2166.251, 2166.252, and 2166.3031 and
Subchapter H apply to a construction project undertaken by or for
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of
individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies.
SECTION 3. Section 2166.3031, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to bid documents submitted or contracts
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.