88R2728 SCP-D
 
  By: Raymond H.B. No. 876
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag by a
  governmental agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2158, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER I. PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES FLAG OR STATE FLAG
         Sec. 2158.501.  FLAG PROCUREMENT BY STATE AGENCY. (a) In
  this subchapter, "state agency" means:
               (1)  a department, commission, board, office, or other
  agency in the executive branch created by the constitution or a
  statute of this state;
               (2)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals,
  a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council; or
               (3)  a university system or an institution of higher
  education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
         (b)  For each United States flag or Texas state flag
  purchased by a state agency, the agency must:
               (1)  give first preference to flags manufactured in
  this state using materials grown, produced, or manufactured in this
  state to the extent reasonable and practicable; and
               (2)  give second preference to flags manufactured in
  this state or the United States using materials grown, produced, or
  manufactured in the United States.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows:
         Sec. 271.909.  FLAG PROCUREMENT BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. (a)
  In this section, "governmental agency" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 271.003.
         (b)  For each United States flag or Texas state flag
  purchased by a governmental agency, the agency must:
               (1)  give first preference to flags manufactured in
  this state using materials grown, produced, or manufactured in this
  state to the extent reasonable and practicable; and
               (2)  give second preference to flags manufactured in
  this state or the United States using materials grown, produced, or
  manufactured in the United States.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2158.501, Government Code, and Section
  271.909, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to
  the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag made or a
  contract for the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag
  entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.