Amend CSHB 3648 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately number SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 2252.002, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2252.002.  AWARD OF CONTRACT TO NONRESIDENT BIDDER. A governmental entity may not award a governmental contract to a nonresident bidder unless the nonresident underbids the lowest bid submitted by a responsible resident bidder by an amount that is not less than the amount by which a resident bidder would be required to underbid the nonresident bidder to obtain a comparable contract in:

(1)  the state in which the nonresident's principal place of business is located; or

(2)  a state in which the nonresident is a resident manufacturer.