1. Prohibits a public entity from renewing a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company does not use the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs.

2. Requires a company to notify the public entity within five business days after becoming aware of noncompliance with the requirement for written certification relating to the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs.

3. Terminates a contract if the company does not provide the public entity with a written certification that the company has remedied the noncompliance within 180 days.

4. Specifies that a contract terminates on the contract termination date if the contract termination date occurs before the end of the remedy period.

5. Specifies that the requirement for written certification relating to the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs does not apply to a contract entered into before the effective date.

Fifty-fifth Legislature Pace

Second Regular Session H.B. 2488

PACE FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2488

(Reference to House engrossed bill)

Page 1, line 6, after the semicolon insert "remedy; termination; exception;"

Line 7, after "INTO" insert "or renew"

Between lines 18 and 19, insert:

"B. if a company that has provided a written certification pursuant to subsection A of this section becomes aware during the term of the contract that the company is not in compliance with the written certification, the company shall notify the public entity within five business days after becoming aware of the noncompliance. If the company does not provide the public entity with a written certification that the company has remedied the noncompliance within one hundred eighty days after notifying the public entity of the noncompliance, the contract terminates, except that If the contract termination date occurs before the end of the remedy period, the contract terminates on the contract termination date.

C. This section does not apply to a contract entered into before the effective date of this section."

Reletter to conform

Amend title to conform

1. Prohibits a public entity from renewing a contract with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company does not use the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs.

2. Requires a company to notify the public entity within five business days after becoming aware of noncompliance with the requirement for written certification relating to the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs.

3. Terminates a contract if the company does not provide the public entity with a written certification that the company has remedied the noncompliance within 180 days.

4. Specifies that a contract terminates on the contract termination date if the contract termination date occurs before the end of the remedy period.

5. Specifies that the requirement for written certification relating to the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs does not apply to a contract entered into before the effective date.

Fifty-fifth Legislature Pace

TYLER PACE

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