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Amend SB 255 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 2252.908(c) and (e), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), this section does not apply to:
(1) a sponsored research contract of an institution of higher education;
(2) an interagency contract of a state agency or an institution of higher education; [or]
(3) a contract related to health and human services if:
(A) the value of the contract cannot be determined at the time the contract is executed; and
(B) any qualified vendor is eligible for the contract;
(4) a contract with a publicly traded business entity, including a wholly owned subsidiary of the business entity;
(5) a contract with an electric utility, as that term is defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code; or
(6) a contract with a gas utility, as that term is defined by Section 121.001, Utilities Code.
(e) The disclosure of interested parties must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Texas Ethics Commission that includes:
(1) a list of each interested party for the contract of which the contracting business entity is aware; and
(2) a written, unsworn declaration subscribed by [the signature of] the authorized agent of the contracting business entity as true[, acknowledging that the disclosure is made under oath and] under penalty of perjury that is in substantially the following form:
"My name is ________________________________, my
date of birth is _________________, and my address is
_____________, ____________, _________, ____________,
(Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code)
__________________. I declare under penalty of
(Country)
perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed in _______ County, State of ________, on the ________ day of ________, ________.
(Month) (Year)
____________________
Declarant".
SECTION ____. Section 2252.908, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or amended on or after January 1, 2018.