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AN ACT
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relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled |
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veterans in determining whether a business is a historically |
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underutilized business for purposes of state contracting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a |
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person who: |
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(A) is economically disadvantaged because of the |
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person's identification as a member of a certain group, including: |
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(i) Black Americans; |
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(ii)[,] Hispanic Americans; |
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(iii)[,] women; |
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(iv)[,] Asian Pacific Americans; |
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(v)[, and] Native Americans;[,] and |
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(vi) veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. |
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Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent |
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service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section |
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101(16); and |
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(B) [who] has suffered the effects of |
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discriminatory practices or other similar insidious circumstances |
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over which the person has no control. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2161.002, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The comptroller shall adopt rules to provide goals for |
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increasing the contract awards for the purchase of goods or |
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services by the commission and other state agencies to businesses |
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that qualify as historically underutilized businesses because the |
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businesses are owned or owned, operated, and controlled, as |
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applicable, wholly or partly by one or more veterans as defined by |
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38 U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have a service-connected disability as |
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defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(16). The goals established under |
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this subsection are in addition to the goals established under |
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Subsection (c) and the goals established under Subsection (c) may |
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not be reduced as a result of the establishment of goals under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2161.125, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2161.125. CATEGORIZATION OF HISTORICALLY |
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UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES [BY SEX, RACE, AND ETHNICITY]. The |
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comptroller, in cooperation with each state agency reporting under |
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this subchapter, shall categorize each historically underutilized |
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business included in a report under this subchapter by sex, race, |
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and ethnicity and by whether the business qualifies as a |
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historically underutilized business because it is owned or owned, |
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operated, and controlled, as applicable, wholly or partly by one or |
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more veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have |
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suffered at least a 20 percent service-connected disability as |
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defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(16). |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 22, 3 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 194 on May 24, 2013, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 194 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, |
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Nays 8, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 194 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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194 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |