81R6487 JTS-F
 
  By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 1467
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to governmental agency contracts that involve the
  production of cement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 271.907, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A preference provided by Subsection (c) or (e) [The
  preference] may be given only if the cost to the governmental agency
  for the goods or services would not exceed 105 percent of the cost
  of the goods or services provided by a vendor who does not meet the
  standards.
         (e)  A governmental agency procuring goods or services that
  involve the production of cement may give preference to goods or
  services of a vendor that demonstrates that the cement was produced
  from a portland cement kiln that:
               (1)  utilizes a dry raw material feed precalciner
  pyroprocessing technology; and
               (2)  meets or exceeds regulatory requirements for
  emissions of nitrogen oxide.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.