By: Creighton  S.B. No. 783
         (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2021; March 11, 2021,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  March 31, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; March 31, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the
  United States for certain projects by public institutions of higher
  education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2252.201(1), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Governmental entity" means this state or a board,
  commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive
  branch of state government, including an institution of higher
  education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term
  does not include a political subdivision.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  bid documents submitted or contracts entered into on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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