Tex. Gov't Code § 2261.302 · Subchapter G. CERTAIN PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A contractor or subcontractor of a state agency or a vendor responding to a contract solicitation may not directly or indirectly through a third party:
(1) engage in surveillance targeting:
(A) a member of the state legislature or a person employed to support the state legislature in any capacity;
(B) a family member of a person described by Paragraph (A);
(C) a state agency employee; or
(D) an individual making a complaint or raising concerns regarding state agency operations or contracting;
(2) engage in an act of intimidation, coercion, extortion, undue influence, or other similar conduct intended to influence, silence, or retaliate against a person described by Subdivision (1)(A), (B), (C), or (D); or
(3) use private or confidential information to manipulate or influence a state contracting decision or proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 241 (H.B. 5061), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2261.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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