Amend CSSB 311 (House Committee Printing) as follows: (1) In Article 14 of the bill, insert appropriately numbered sections: SECTION 14.____. Subchapter A, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2155.0045 to read as follows: Sec. 2155.0045. BIDS OR CONTRACTS FOR GOODS MADE BY CHILD OR FORCED LABOR PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: (1) "Child" means an individual younger than 14 years of age. (2) "Forced labor" means labor performed by an individual whose free will to perform the labor has been denied through violence or the threat of violence. The term does not include convict labor that occurs in any state in the United States. (b) A vendor who contracts with the state may not make or enter into, and a state agency may not accept or enter into, a bid or contract for goods created in whole or in part by child or forced labor. (c) A state agency may not accept a bid or award a contract for goods unless the bidder or contractor certifies in the bid or contract that the bidder or contractor, each person represented by the bidder or contractor, and each person acting for the represented person has not used, in the making of the goods, any child labor or forced labor. (d) The bid or contract must include the following statement: "Under Section 2155.0045, Government Code, the vendor certifies that the individual or business entity named in this bid or contract is eligible to receive the specified bid or contract and agrees that this contract may be terminated and payment withheld if this certification is inaccurate." (e) A bid made, or a contract entered into, that violates this section is void as against public policy. SECTION 14.____. Section 2155.0045, Government Code, as added by this article takes effect September 1, 2001, and applies only to a bid or contract that is made or entered into on or after that date. A bid or contract that is made or entered into before September 1, 2001, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before September 1, 2001, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. (2) Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.