87R19889 SGM-F
 
  By: Fierro H.B. No. 3418
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the state purchasing preference for recycled,
  remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive products.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2155.445, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  The comptroller regularly shall review and revise its
  procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods
  to:
               (1)  eliminate procedures and specifications that
  explicitly discriminate against recycled, remanufactured, or
  environmentally sensitive products, as those terms are defined by
  rule of the comptroller; [and]
               (2)  encourage the use of recycled, remanufactured, or
  environmentally sensitive products; and
               (3)  require that any information regarding the
  recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive nature of a
  product that is used as the basis for receiving a preference be
  certified as accurate by an entity approved by the comptroller.
         (e)  A state agency shall provide notice of the preference
  under this section in all solicitation documents for purchases by
  the agency of goods for which the preference may be given, including
  the method the agency will use to evaluate, apply, and award the
  preference.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.