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.