| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to a prohibition on certain contracts with certain |
|
|
agents of foreign entities. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 22.019, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 22.019. CONTRACTS. Except as provided by Section |
|
|
22.0191, a [A] local government may enter into a contract necessary |
|
|
to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a |
|
|
purpose provided by this chapter. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 22, Transportation Code, |
|
|
is amended by adding Section 22.0191 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 22.0191. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) A |
|
|
local government or a person operating an airport on behalf of the |
|
|
local government may not enter into a contract with an entity |
|
|
described by Subsection (b) for the acquisition, construction, |
|
|
improvement, or renovation of airport infrastructure or equipment, |
|
|
including a terminal, security system, or passenger boarding |
|
|
bridge, used at the airport or an associated air navigation |
|
|
facility. |
|
|
(b) This section applies to: |
|
|
(1) an entity that: |
|
|
(A) has been determined by a federal court to |
|
|
have misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from an |
|
|
entity organized under local, state, or federal laws; or |
|
|
(B) is owned in whole or in part by, or is |
|
|
controlled by, or receives subsidies from the government of a |
|
|
country that: |
|
|
(i) is identified in the most recent report |
|
|
required by Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as |
|
|
a priority foreign country; or |
|
|
(ii) is subject to monitoring by the United |
|
|
States trade representative under Section 306 of the Trade Act of |
|
|
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416); and |
|
|
(2) an entity that owns or controls, or is owned or |
|
|
controlled by, or is under common ownership with, or is a successor |
|
|
to an entity described by Subdivision (1). |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |