| 1 | 1 | | 89R11165 MCK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cain H.B. No. 3591 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to prohibiting contracts between certain state agencies |
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| 10 | 10 | | and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Chapter 2278 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | CHAPTER 2278. PROHIBITED CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 2278.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" |
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| 16 | 16 | | means: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a board, commission, department, office, or other |
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| 18 | 18 | | agency in the executive branch of state government that is created |
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| 19 | 19 | | by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a river |
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| 20 | 20 | | authority and an institution of higher education as defined by |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 61.003, Education Code; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the legislature or a legislative agency; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal |
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| 24 | 24 | | Appeals of Texas, a court of appeals, a state judicial agency, or |
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| 25 | 25 | | the State Bar of Texas. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 2278.002. CONTRACTS WITH BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, |
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| 27 | 27 | | FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED. A state agency may not enter |
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| 28 | 28 | | into a contract with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and |
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| 29 | 29 | | Explosives of the United States Department of Justice. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 2278, Government Code, as added by this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 32 | 32 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before that |
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| 33 | 33 | | date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was |
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| 34 | 34 | | entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 35 | 35 | | purpose. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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