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1		-	86R29107 BEE-F
2		-	By: Romero, Jr., Leman H.B. No. 4024
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4024:
4		-	By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 4024
	1	+	By: Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 4024
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9		-	relating to certain contracts regarding airports and associated air
10		-	navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local
11		-	government.
	6	+	relating to a prohibition on certain contracts with certain
	7	+	agents of foreign entities.
12	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	9		SECTION 1. Section 22.019, Transportation Code, is amended
14	10		to read as follows:
15	11		Sec. 22.019. CONTRACTS. Except as provided by Section
16	12		22.0191, a [A] local government may enter into a contract necessary
17	13		to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a
18	14		purpose provided by this chapter.
19	15		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code,
20	16		is amended by adding Section 22.0191 to read as follows:
21		-	Sec. 22.0191. AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OR EQUIPMENT
22		-	CONTRACTS. (a) In this section, "airport infrastructure or
23		-	equipment contract" means a contract for the acquisition,
24		-	construction, improvement, or renovation of airport infrastructure
25		-	or equipment, including a terminal, security system, or passenger
26		-	boarding bridge, used at an airport or an air navigation facility
27		-	associated with an airport.
28		-	(b) A local government or a person operating an airport on
29		-	behalf of a local government may not enter into an airport
30		-	infrastructure or equipment contract with:
	17	+	Sec. 22.0191. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) A
	18	+	local government or a person operating an airport on behalf of the
	19	+	local government may not enter into a contract with an entity
	20	+	described by Subsection (b) for the acquisition, construction,
	21	+	improvement, or renovation of airport infrastructure or equipment,
	22	+	including a terminal, security system, or passenger boarding
	23	+	bridge, used at the airport or an associated air navigation
	24	+	facility.
	25	+	(b) This section applies to:
31	26		(1) an entity that:
32		-	(A) a federal court determines has
33		-	misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from
34		-	another entity organized under federal, state, or local law; and
35		-	(B) is owned wholly or partly by, is controlled
36		-	by, or receives subsidies from the government of a country that:
37		-	(i) is identified under Section 182, Trade
38		-	Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2242), as a priority foreign country;
39		-	or
40		-	(ii) is subject to monitoring by the Office
41		-	of the United States Trade Representative in accordance with
42		-	Section 306, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2416); and
43		-	(2) any entity that owns, controls, is owned or
44		-	controlled by, is under common ownership with, or is a successor to
45		-	an entity described by Subdivision (1).
46		-	(c) An airport infrastructure or equipment contract for
47		-	goods or services entered into by a local government or a person
48		-	operating an airport on behalf of a local government must contain a
49		-	written statement by the entity with which the local government or
50		-	person is contracting verifying that the entity is not an entity
51		-	described by Subsection (b)(1) or (2).
52		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
53		-	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	27	+	(A) has been determined by a federal court to
	28	+	have misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from an
	29	+	entity organized under local, state, or federal laws; or
	30	+	(B) is owned in whole or in part by, or is
	31	+	controlled by, or receives subsidies from the government of a
	32	+	country that:
	33	+	(i) is identified in the most recent report
	34	+	required by Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as
	35	+	a priority foreign country; or
	36	+	(ii) is subject to monitoring by the United
	37	+	States trade representative under Section 306 of the Trade Act of
	38	+	1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); and
	39	+	(2) an entity that owns or controls, or is owned or
	40	+	controlled by, or is under common ownership with, or is a successor
	41	+	to an entity described by Subdivision (1).
	42	+	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	43	+	a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as
54	44		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
55	45		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
56	46		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.