| 1 | 1 | | 89R4469 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1847 |
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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 or other agreements with certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure |
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| 11 | 11 | | in this state and the use of certain technology purchased or leased |
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| 12 | 12 | | from those companies. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 2275, Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | CHAPTER 2275. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED |
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| 17 | 17 | | COMPANIES IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE USE OF |
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| 18 | 18 | | CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES PURCHASED OR LEASED FROM THOSE COMPANIES |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 2275.0101, Government Code, is amended |
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| 20 | 20 | | by amending Subdivisions (1) and (2) and adding Subdivisions (1-a), |
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| 21 | 21 | | (7), and (8) to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) "Communication infrastructure system" includes: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) a computer hardware device that converts data |
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| 24 | 24 | | signals of one kind into another for the purpose of transmitting the |
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| 25 | 25 | | data over telecommunications circuits, also known as a modem; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) a computer hardware device that mediates the |
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| 27 | 27 | | transmission routes of data packets over an electronic |
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| 28 | 28 | | communications network, also known as a router. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1-a) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, |
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| 30 | 30 | | organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint |
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| 31 | 31 | | venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or |
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| 32 | 32 | | limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, |
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| 33 | 33 | | majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those |
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| 34 | 34 | | entities or business associations, that exists to make a profit. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) "Critical infrastructure" means a communication |
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| 36 | 36 | | infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, |
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| 37 | 37 | | hazardous waste treatment system, remote sensing technology, |
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| 38 | 38 | | transportation infrastructure system, or water treatment facility. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (7) "Remote sensing technology" means a remote sensing |
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| 40 | 40 | | method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure |
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| 41 | 41 | | variable distances for the purpose of developing a distance map of |
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| 42 | 42 | | the objects from which the light is reflected. The term includes the |
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| 43 | 43 | | technology known as LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (8) "Transportation infrastructure system" means a |
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| 45 | 45 | | camera system used in enforcing the traffic laws of this state, |
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| 46 | 46 | | including a school bus infraction detection system, speed detection |
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| 47 | 47 | | system, or other traffic infraction detector. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. Section 2275.0103, Government Code, is amended |
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| 49 | 49 | | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) The governor shall consider designating as a threat to |
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| 51 | 51 | | critical infrastructure under Subsection (a) any country or person |
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| 52 | 52 | | designated as a foreign adversary by the United States secretary of |
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| 53 | 53 | | commerce, or the secretary's designee, under 15 C.F.R. Section |
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| 54 | 54 | | 791.4. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 4. Effective July 1, 2026, Chapter 2275, Government |
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| 56 | 56 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 2275.0104 to read as follows: |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 2275.0104. USE OF CERTAIN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE |
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| 58 | 58 | | PROHIBITED. A governmental entity may not use remote sensing |
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| 59 | 59 | | technology or a transportation infrastructure system purchased or |
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| 60 | 60 | | leased from a company described by Section 2275.0102(a)(2). |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 5. With respect to a contract or other agreement |
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| 62 | 62 | | relating to critical infrastructure, the changes in law made by |
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| 63 | 63 | | this Act to Section 2275.0101, Government Code, apply only to a |
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| 64 | 64 | | contract or other agreement entered into on or after the effective |
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| 65 | 65 | | date of this Act. A contract or agreement entered into before the |
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| 66 | 66 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 67 | 67 | | date the contract or agreement was entered into, and that law is |
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| 68 | 68 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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| 70 | 70 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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