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| 1 | 1 | 89R2937 SRA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2953 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of | |
| 10 | 10 | Transportation for certain materials used in road construction | |
| 11 | 11 | projects. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | |
| 14 | 14 | is amended by adding Section 223.0471 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 223.0471. PROHIBITED PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BIDS BASED | |
| 16 | 16 | ON USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE CRITERIA FOR | |
| 17 | 17 | MATERIAL SELECTION. In comparing bids for materials to be used in a | |
| 18 | 18 | project to which this chapter applies, the department may not give a | |
| 19 | 19 | preference to a bid that proposes using certain materials based on | |
| 20 | 20 | environmental, social, and governance criteria, including carbon | |
| 21 | 21 | emission criteria, if the proposed materials are less cost | |
| 22 | 22 | effective or durable than alternative materials for the same | |
| 23 | 23 | project. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |