Bill Text: TX SB2204 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to exceptions to prohibited contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical infrastructure in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2204 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2204-Introduced.html
| 88R2816 MLH-F | ||
| By: Parker | S.B. No. 2204 | |
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| relating to exceptions to prohibited contracts or other agreements | ||
| with certain foreign-owned companies in connection with critical | ||
| infrastructure in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 113.001, Business & Commerce Code, as | ||
| added by Chapter 975 (S.B. 2116), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2021, is amended by adding Subdivision (5) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (5) "Utility services" means telecommunication, | ||
| electric, water, or wastewater services provided to a customer, and | ||
| includes: | ||
| (A) demand response, load resource, net | ||
| metering, and similar electric service programs; and | ||
| (B) transmission voltage and distribution | ||
| voltage electric services. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 113.002, Business & Commerce Code, as | ||
| added by Chapter 975 (S.B. 2116), Acts of the 87th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2021, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an agreement to: | ||
| (1) provide utility services to a company described by | ||
| Subsection (a)(2); or | ||
| (2) construct, operate, or maintain infrastructure to | ||
| provide utility services to a company described by Subsection | ||
| (a)(2). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2274.0101, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: | ||
| (6) "Utility services" means telecommunication, | ||
| electric, water, or wastewater services provided to a customer, and | ||
| includes: | ||
| (A) demand response, load resource, net | ||
| metering, and similar electric service programs; and | ||
| (B) transmission voltage and distribution | ||
| voltage electric services. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 2274.0102, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an agreement to: | ||
| (1) provide utility services to a company described by | ||
| Subsection (a)(2); or | ||
| (2) construct, operate, or maintain infrastructure to | ||
| provide utility services to a company described by Subsection | ||
| (a)(2). | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 113.002(c), Business & Commerce Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, and Section 2274.0102(c), Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, apply only to a contract or agreement entered | ||
| into on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the 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, 2023. | ||
