Amend CSHB 3560 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of 
the bill as appropriate:
	SECTION __.  Subsections (a), (c), and (e), Section 2155.444, 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission and all state agencies making purchases 
of goods, including agricultural products, shall give preference to 
those produced or grown in this state or offered by Texas bidders as 
follows:
		(1)  goods produced or offered by a Texas bidder that is 
owned by a service-disabled veteran who is a Texas resident shall be 
given a first preference and goods produced in this state or 
offered by other Texas bidders shall [equally] be given second
preference, if the cost to the state and quality are equal;  and

		(2)  agricultural products grown in this state shall be 
given first preference and agricultural products offered by Texas 
bidders shall be given second preference, if the cost to the state 
and quality are equal.
	(c)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Agricultural products" includes textiles and 
other similar products.  
		(1-a) "Service-disabled veteran" means a person who is 
a veteran as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(2) and who has a 
service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 
101(16).
		(2)  "Texas bidder" means a business:                                         
			(A)  incorporated in this state;                                             
			(B)  that has its principal place of business in 
this state;  or           
			(C)  that has an established physical presence in 
this state.              
	(e)  The commission and all state agencies procuring 
services shall give first preference to services offered by a Texas 
bidder that is owned by a service-disabled veteran who is a Texas 
resident and shall give second preference to services offered by 
other Texas bidders if:
		(1)  the services meet state requirements regarding the 
service to be performed and expected quality;  and
		(2)  the cost of the service does not exceed the cost of 
other similar services of similar expected quality that are [not] 
offered by a [Texas] bidder that is not entitled to a preference 
under this subsection.