For certain airport contracts, a local government or airport operator for a local government may not contract with specified entities, and the contract must include a written verification statement.
Sec. 22.0191. CERTAIN AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OR EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS. (a) This section applies only to an airport infrastructure or equipment contract for the procurement of a passenger boarding bridge at an airport. (b) A local government or a person operating an airport on behalf of a local government may not enter into an airport infrastructure or equipment contract with: (1) an entity that: (A) a federal court determines has misappropriated intellectual property or trade secrets from another entity organized under federal, state, or local law; and (B) is owned wholly or partly by, is controlled by, or receives subsidies from the government of the People's Republic of China; (2) any entity that owns, controls, is owned or controlled by, is under common ownership with, or is a successor to an entity described by Subdivision (1); or (3) any entity that has entered into an agreement with or accepted funding from an entity described by Subdivision (1) or (2), whether in the form of a minority investment interest, debt, partnership, or other contractual or written agreement. (c) An airport infrastructure or equipment contract entered into by a local government or a person operating an airport on behalf of a local government must contain a written statement by the entity with which the local government or person is contracting verifying that the entity is not an entity described by Subsection (b)(1), (2), or (3). (d) If the written statement required in an airport infrastructure or equipment contract under Subsection (c) is found to be false, the contract is voidable by the local government or person operating the airport. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 157 (S.B. 1260), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2023.