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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the state purchasing preference for recycled, |
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remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive products. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2155.445, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The comptroller regularly shall review and revise its |
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procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods |
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to: |
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(1) eliminate procedures and specifications that |
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explicitly discriminate against recycled, remanufactured, or |
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environmentally sensitive products, as those terms are defined by |
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rule of the comptroller; [and] |
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(2) encourage the use of recycled, remanufactured, or |
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environmentally sensitive products; and |
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(3) require that any information regarding the |
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recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive nature of a |
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product that is used as the basis for receiving a preference be |
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certified as accurate by an entity approved by the comptroller. |
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(e) A state agency shall provide notice of the preference |
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under this section in all solicitation documents for purchases by |
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the agency of goods for which the preference may be given, including |
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the method the agency will use to evaluate, apply, and award the |
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preference. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |