Tex. Gov't Code § 2252.201 · Subchapter G. CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION PROJECTS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Governmental entity" means this state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term does not include a political subdivision.
(2) "Manufacturing process" means the application of a process to alter the form or function of materials or elements of a product in a manner that adds value and transforms the materials or elements into a new finished product that is functionally different from a finished product produced merely from assembling the materials or elements into a product.
(3) "Political subdivision" includes a county, municipality, municipal utility district, water control and improvement district, special utility district, and other types of water district.
(4) "Produced in the United States" means, with respect to iron and steel products, a product for which all manufacturing processes, from initial melting through application of coatings, occur in the United States, other than metallurgical processes to refine steel additives.
(5) "Project" means a contract between a governmental entity and another person, including a political subdivision, to:
(A) construct, remodel, or alter a building, a structure, or infrastructure;
(B) supply a material for a project described by Paragraph (A); or
(C) finance, refinance, or provide money from funds administered by a governmental entity for a project described by Paragraph (A).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 1289), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Redesignated from Government Code, Subchapter F, Chapter 2252 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(33), eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1009 (S.B. 783), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2252.htm
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