86R29107 BEE-F
By: Romero, Jr., Leman H.B. No. 4024
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4024:
By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 4024
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain contracts regarding airports and associated air
navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local
government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.019, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 22.019. CONTRACTS. Except as provided by Section
22.0191, a [A] local government may enter into a contract necessary
to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a
purpose provided by this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 22.0191 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.0191. AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OR EQUIPMENT
CONTRACTS. (a) In this section, "airport infrastructure or
equipment contract" means a contract for the acquisition,
construction, improvement, or renovation of airport infrastructure
or equipment, including a terminal, security system, or passenger
boarding bridge, used at an airport or an air navigation facility
associated with an airport.
(b) A local government or a person operating an airport on
behalf of a local government may not enter into an airport
infrastructure or equipment contract with:
(1) an entity that:
(A) a federal court determines has
misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from
another entity organized under federal, state, or local law; and
(B) is owned wholly or partly by, is controlled
by, or receives subsidies from the government of a country that:
(i) is identified under Section 182, Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2242), as a priority foreign country;
or
(ii) is subject to monitoring by the Office
of the United States Trade Representative in accordance with
Section 306, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2416); and
(2) any entity that owns, controls, is owned or
controlled by, is under common ownership with, or is a successor to
an entity described by Subdivision (1).
(c) An airport infrastructure or equipment contract for
goods or services entered into by a local government or a person
operating an airport on behalf of a local government must contain a
written statement by the entity with which the local government or
person is contracting verifying that the entity is not an entity
described by Subsection (b)(1) or (2).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.