1-1 By: Lucio, West, Rosson S.B. No. 223
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 1, 1993; February 2, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
1-4 April 23, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 23, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Parker x
1-10 Lucio x
1-11 Ellis x
1-12 Haley x
1-13 Harris of Dallas x
1-14 Harris of Tarrant x
1-15 Leedom x
1-16 Madla x
1-17 Rosson x
1-18 Shapiro x
1-19 Wentworth x
1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 223 By: Lucio
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the provision by the state of guarantees and
1-24 indemnification relating to surety bonds for historically
1-25 underutilized businesses; authorizing the issuance of bonds.
1-26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-27 SECTION 1. The heading of Subchapter G, Chapter 481,
1-28 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-29 SUBCHAPTER G. <SMALL BUSINESS> ASSISTANCE FOR HISTORICALLY
1-30 UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES
1-31 SECTION 2. Section 481.101, Government Code, is amended by
1-32 amending Subdivisions (1) and (3) and adding Subdivisions (4), (5),
1-33 (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) to read as follows:
1-34 (1) "Historically underutilized business"
1-35 <"Disadvantaged business"> means:
1-36 (A) a corporation formed for the purpose of
1-37 making a profit in which at least 51 percent of all classes of the
1-38 shares of stock or other equitable securities is owned by one or
1-39 more persons who are socially disadvantaged because of their
1-40 identification as members of certain groups, including black
1-41 Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, Asian Pacific Americans, and
1-42 American Indians, who have suffered the effects of discriminatory
1-43 practices or similar insidious circumstances over which they have
1-44 no control. Those persons must have proportionate interest and
1-45 demonstrate active participation in the control, operation, and
1-46 management of the corporation's affairs;
1-47 (B) a sole proprietorship formed for the purpose
1-48 of making a profit that is 100 percent owned, operated, and
1-49 controlled by a person described by Paragraph (A) of this
1-50 subdivision;
1-51 (C) a partnership formed for the purpose of
1-52 making a profit in which 51 percent of the assets and interest in
1-53 the partnership is owned by one or more persons described by
1-54 Paragraph (A) of this subdivision. Those persons must have
1-55 proportionate interest and demonstrate active participation in the
1-56 control, operation, and management of the partnership's affairs; or
1-57 (D) a joint venture in which each entity in the
1-58 joint venture is a historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
1-59 business under this subdivision<; or>
1-60 <(E) a supplier contract between a disadvantaged
1-61 business under this subdivision and a prime contractor under which
1-62 the disadvantaged business is directly involved in the manufacture
1-63 or distribution of the supplies or materials or otherwise
1-64 warehouses and ships the supplies>.
1-65 (3) "Small business" means a corporation, partnership,
1-66 sole proprietorship, or other legal entity that:
1-67 (A) is formed for the purpose of making a
1-68 profit,<;>
2-1 <(B)> is independently owned and operated,<;>
2-2 and
2-3 <(C)> has fewer than 100 employees or less than
2-4 $1 million in annual gross receipts; or
2-5 (B) otherwise qualifies as a small business
2-6 under the standards of the United States Small Business
2-7 Administration.
2-8 (4) "Surety bond fund" means the Texas historically
2-9 underutilized business surety bond fund.
2-10 (5) "Bid bond" means a bond conditioned on the bidder
2-11 on a contract entering into the contract, if the bidder receives
2-12 the award of the contract, and furnishing the prescribed payment
2-13 bond and performance bond.
2-14 (6) "Payment bond" means a bond conditioned on the
2-15 payment by the principal of money to persons under contract with
2-16 the principal.
2-17 (7) "Performance bond" means a bond conditioned on the
2-18 completion by the principal of a contract in accordance with its
2-19 terms.
2-20 (8) "Surety" means the person who:
2-21 (A) under the terms of a bid bond, undertakes to
2-22 pay a sum of money to the obligee in the event the principal
2-23 breaches the conditions of the bond;
2-24 (B) under the terms of a performance bond,
2-25 undertakes to incur the cost of fulfilling a contract in the event
2-26 the principal breaches the contract;
2-27 (C) under the terms of a payment bond,
2-28 undertakes to pay all persons supplying labor and material in
2-29 carrying out the work provided for in the contract if the principal
2-30 fails to make prompt payment; or
2-31 (D) is an agent, independent agent, underwriter,
2-32 or any other company or individual empowered to act on behalf of
2-33 such a person.
2-34 (9) "Obligee" means:
2-35 (A) for a bid bond, the person requesting bids
2-36 for the performance of a contract; or
2-37 (B) for a payment bond or performance bond, the
2-38 person who has contracted with a principal for the completion of
2-39 the contract and to whom the obligation of the surety runs in the
2-40 event of a breach by the principal of the conditions of the bond.
2-41 (10) "Principal" means for a bid bond, a person
2-42 bidding for the award of a contract, or for a payment bond or
2-43 performance bond, the person primarily liable to complete a
2-44 contract for the obligee, or to make payments to other persons in
2-45 respect of a contract, and for whose performance of the person's
2-46 obligation the surety is bound under the terms of the bond. The
2-47 term includes a prime contractor or a subcontractor.
2-48 (11) "Prime contractor" means the person with whom the
2-49 obligee has contracted to perform the contract.
2-50 (12) "Subcontractor" means a person who has contracted
2-51 with a prime contractor or with another subcontractor to perform a
2-52 contract.
2-53 SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
2-54 amended by adding Section 481.1011 to read as follows:
2-55 Sec. 481.1011. EXCLUSION AS HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED
2-56 BUSINESS. A business is not a historically underutilized business
2-57 if an owner of the business has a personal net worth of more than
2-58 $750,000, unless the office determines that the person has
2-59 demonstrated that the person is a socially disadvantaged individual
2-60 described by Section 481.101(1)(A). For the purposes of this
2-61 section, "personal net worth" has the meaning assigned by the
2-62 regulations of the United States Small Business Administration in
2-63 13 C.F.R. Section 124.106.
2-64 SECTION 4. Sections 481.103 and 481.107, Government Code,
2-65 are amended to read as follows:
2-66 Sec. 481.103. Duties. (a) The office shall:
2-67 (1) examine the role of small and historically
2-68 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in the state's economy and
2-69 the contribution of small and historically underutilized
2-70 <disadvantaged> businesses in generating economic activity,
3-1 expanding employment opportunities, promoting exports, stimulating
3-2 innovation and entrepreneurship, and bringing new and untested
3-3 products and services to the marketplace;
3-4 (2) serve as the principal advocate in the state on
3-5 behalf of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-6 businesses and provide advice in the consideration of
3-7 administrative requirements and legislation that affect small and
3-8 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-9 (3) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts of state
3-10 agencies and other entities to assist small and historically
3-11 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and make appropriate
3-12 recommendations to assist the development and strengthening of
3-13 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> business
3-14 enterprise;
3-15 (4) identify specific instances in which regulations
3-16 inhibit small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-17 business development and to the extent possible identify
3-18 conflicting state policy goals;
3-19 (5) determine the availability of financial and other
3-20 resources to small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-21 businesses and recommend methods for:
3-22 (A) increasing the availability of equity
3-23 capital and other forms of financial assistance to small and
3-24 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-25 (B) generating markets for the goods and
3-26 services of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-27 businesses;
3-28 (C) providing more effective education,
3-29 training, and management and technical assistance to small and
3-30 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses; and
3-31 (D) providing assistance to small and
3-32 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in complying
3-33 with federal, state, and local laws;
3-34 (6) describe the reasons for small and historically
3-35 underutilized <disadvantaged> business successes and failures,
3-36 ascertain the related factors that are particularly important in
3-37 this state, and recommend actions for increasing the success rate
3-38 of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-39 (7) serve as a focal point for receiving complaints
3-40 and suggestions concerning state government policies and activities
3-41 that affect small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-42 businesses;
3-43 (8) assist with the resolution of problems among state
3-44 agencies and small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-45 businesses;
3-46 (9) develop and advocate proposals for changes in
3-47 state policies and activities that adversely affect small and
3-48 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-49 (10) provide to legislative committees and state
3-50 agencies information on the effects of proposed policies or actions
3-51 that affect small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-52 businesses;
3-53 (11) enlist the assistance of public and private
3-54 agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating
3-55 information about state programs and services that benefit small
3-56 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and
3-57 information regarding means by which small and historically
3-58 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses can use those programs and
3-59 services;
3-60 (12) provide information and assistance relating to
3-61 establishing, operating, or expanding small and historically
3-62 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-63 (13) establish and operate a statewide toll-free
3-64 telephone service providing small and historically underutilized
3-65 <disadvantaged> businesses with ready access to the services
3-66 offered by the office;
3-67 (14) identify sources of financial assistance for
3-68 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses,
3-69 match small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-70 businesses with sources of financial assistance, and assist small
4-1 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses with the
4-2 preparation of applications for loans from governmental or private
4-3 sources;
4-4 (15) sponsor meetings, to the extent practicable in
4-5 cooperation with public and private educational institutions, to
4-6 provide training and disseminate information beneficial to small
4-7 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
4-8 (16) assist small and historically underutilized
4-9 <disadvantaged> businesses in their dealings with federal, state,
4-10 and local governmental agencies and provide information regarding
4-11 governmental requirements affecting small and historically
4-12 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
4-13 (17) perform research, studies, and analyses of
4-14 matters affecting the interests of small and historically
4-15 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
4-16 (18) develop and implement programs to encourage
4-17 governmental agencies, public sector business associations, and
4-18 other organizations to provide useful services to small and
4-19 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
4-20 (19) use available resources within the state, such as
4-21 small business development centers, educational institutions, and
4-22 nonprofit associations, to coordinate the provision of management
4-23 and technical assistance to small and historically underutilized
4-24 <disadvantaged> businesses in a systematic manner;
4-25 (20) publish newsletters, brochures, and other
4-26 documents containing information useful to small and historically
4-27 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
4-28 (21) identify successful small and historically
4-29 underutilized <disadvantaged> business assistance programs provided
4-30 by other states and determine the feasibility of adapting those
4-31 programs for implementation in this state;
4-32 (22) establish an outreach program to make the
4-33 existence of the office known to small and historically
4-34 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and potential clients
4-35 throughout the state;
4-36 (23) adopt rules necessary to carry out this
4-37 subchapter;
4-38 (24) identify potential business opportunities for
4-39 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in
4-40 the border region and develop programs to maximize those
4-41 opportunities;
4-42 (25) identify potential business opportunities for
4-43 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in
4-44 rural areas of this state and develop programs to maximize those
4-45 opportunities; and
4-46 (26) perform any other functions necessary to carry
4-47 out the purposes of this subchapter.
4-48 (b) The department may provide community-based services to
4-49 carry out its duties under this chapter, including the creation of
4-50 a pilot program to evaluate the merits of locating full-time
4-51 personnel outside the Austin headquarters. This pilot program will
4-52 give first preference to serving economically distressed areas,
4-53 rural areas, or historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
4-54 businesses or assisting development of specific industries. The
4-55 department may require areas served by these personnel to provide
4-56 in-kind or cash contributions as necessary to support these
4-57 personnel. A report will be submitted to the legislature
4-58 describing the effectiveness of this method for delivering services
4-59 from the department to address specific economic needs.
4-60 Sec. 481.107. CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL OR HISTORICALLY
4-61 UNDERUTILIZED <DISADVANTAGED> BUSINESSES. Each state agency shall
4-62 keep statistical data and other records on the number of contracts
4-63 awarded by the agency to small or historically underutilized
4-64 <disadvantaged> businesses.
4-65 SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
4-66 amended by adding Sections 481.118, 481.119, 481.120, 481.1201,
4-67 481.1202, 481.1203, and 481.1204 to read as follows:
4-68 Sec. 481.118. Texas Historically Underutilized Business
4-69 Surety Bond Fund. (a) The Texas historically underutilized
4-70 business surety bond fund is a revolving fund in the state
5-1 treasury. The surety bond fund consists of money appropriated to
5-2 the department, proceeds of general obligation bonds issued to
5-3 provide surety bonds under this subchapter, bonding fees, and other
5-4 amounts received by the state from the guarantee program under this
5-5 subchapter and money acquired from federal grants or other sources
5-6 and required by resolution of the policy board to be deposited in
5-7 the surety bond fund. The surety bond fund contains a program
5-8 account, an interest and sinking account, and other accounts that
5-9 the policy board authorizes to be created and maintained. Money in
5-10 the surety bond fund is available for use by the office for the
5-11 surety bond program provided by this subchapter.
5-12 (b) Money in the program account, minus the costs of
5-13 issuance of general obligation bonds to provide surety bonds under
5-14 this subchapter and necessary costs of administering the surety
5-15 bond fund, may be used only to provide guarantees and
5-16 indemnification under Sections 481.119 through 481.1203.
5-17 Sec. 481.119. GUARANTEE OF SURETY. (a) The office may
5-18 guarantee and enter into commitments to guarantee a surety against
5-19 loss resulting from breach of the terms of a bid bond, payment
5-20 bond, or performance bond by a historically underutilized business
5-21 that is the principal on a contract if the amount of the contract
5-22 is $1,250,000 or less. The terms of a guarantee or commitment may
5-23 vary from surety to surety based on the office's experience with a
5-24 particular surety. The office may authorize a surety without
5-25 further approval to issue, monitor, and service a bond subject to a
5-26 guarantee.
5-27 (b) A guarantee may not be issued unless:
5-28 (1) the person to be the principal under the bond is a
5-29 historically underutilized business;
5-30 (2) the bond is required by the person to bid on a
5-31 contract or to serve as a prime contractor or subcontractor on a
5-32 contract;
5-33 (3) the person is not able to obtain the bond on
5-34 reasonable terms without the guarantee;
5-35 (4) there is a reasonable expectation that the
5-36 principal will perform the contract; and
5-37 (5) the terms of the bond are reasonable considering
5-38 the risks involved and the extent of the surety's participation.
5-39 (c) A payment made under a guarantee may not exceed 90
5-40 percent of the loss involved.
5-41 Sec. 481.120. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) In connection with the
5-42 issuance of a guarantee under Section 481.119, the office may agree
5-43 to indemnify a surety against a loss the surety incurs in avoiding
5-44 or attempting to avoid a breach of the terms of the bond. The
5-45 office must authorize the specific expenditure to be indemnified
5-46 before the expenditure is made and after the office determines that
5-47 the breach is imminent and the amount of the proposed expenditure
5-48 is reasonable.
5-49 (b) The amount of the indemnification may not exceed 90
5-50 percent of the amount of the expenditure indemnified.
5-51 Sec. 481.1201. EXCEPTIONS TO PAYMENT. The office is not
5-52 required to pay any amount under a guarantee under Section 481.119
5-53 or an agreement under Section 481.120 if the surety:
5-54 (1) obtained the guarantee or agreement or applied for
5-55 reimbursement by fraud or material misrepresentation;
5-56 (2) has breached a material term of the guarantee or
5-57 agreement; or
5-58 (3) has violated a rule adopted under Section
5-59 481.1203.
5-60 Sec. 481.1202. REPORTS; AUDIT. (a) A participating surety
5-61 shall make reports to the office at the times and in the form the
5-62 office requires.
5-63 (b) The office at any reasonable time may audit any material
5-64 in the hands of a surety relevant to a guarantee under Section
5-65 481.119 or an agreement under Section 481.120. The office must
5-66 conduct the audit at the surety's offices.
5-67 Sec. 481.1203. RULES. The policy board shall adopt
5-68 necessary rules to carry out the guarantee program created by this
5-69 subchapter. The rules may prescribe reasonable fees to be paid by
5-70 a principal or surety participating in the program.
6-1 Sec. 481.1204. SURETY BOND FUND: GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
6-2 (a) The policy board may issue up to $50 million of general
6-3 obligation bonds and may use the proceeds to provide surety bonds
6-4 under this subchapter. The policy board shall deposit the proceeds
6-5 of the general obligation bonds in the surety bond fund and apply
6-6 them in accordance with the resolutions authorizing those bonds.
6-7 The surety bond fund and any accounts established in the fund shall
6-8 be held in trust by the state treasurer for and on behalf of the
6-9 office and the owners of the general obligation bonds issued in
6-10 accordance with this section and may be used only as provided by
6-11 this section. Pending use, the treasurer may invest and reinvest
6-12 money in the surety bond fund in investments authorized by law for
6-13 state funds that the treasurer, consistent with the policy board's
6-14 resolutions authorizing the general obligation bonds, considers
6-15 appropriate. Payment for the provision of a surety bond provided
6-16 under this subchapter shall be deposited, first, in the interest
6-17 and sinking account as prescribed by the policy board's resolutions
6-18 authorizing general obligation bonds under this subchapter and,
6-19 second, in any reserve account established by the policy board
6-20 until that account is fully funded as prescribed by the policy
6-21 board's resolutions. If, during the time any general obligation
6-22 bonds are payable from the interest and sinking account, the policy
6-23 board determines that there will not be sufficient money in the
6-24 interest and sinking account during the following fiscal year to
6-25 pay the principal of or interest on the general obligation bonds or
6-26 both the principal and interest that are to come due during the
6-27 following fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund
6-28 the first money coming into the state treasury not otherwise
6-29 appropriated by the constitution in an amount sufficient to pay the
6-30 obligations.
6-31 (b) The general obligation bonds may be issued from time to
6-32 time in one or more series or issues, in bearer, registered, or any
6-33 other form, which may include registered uncertificated obligations
6-34 not represented by written instruments and commonly known as
6-35 book-entry obligations, the registration of ownership and transfer
6-36 of which shall be provided for by the policy board under a system
6-37 of books and records maintained by the office or by an agent
6-38 appointed by the policy board in a resolution providing for
6-39 issuance of its general obligation bonds. General obligation bonds
6-40 may mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years from their
6-41 date. General obligation bonds may bear no interest or may bear
6-42 interest at any rate or rates, fixed, variable, floating, or
6-43 otherwise, determined by the policy board or determined pursuant to
6-44 any contractual arrangements approved by the policy board, not to
6-45 exceed the maximum net effective interest rate allowed by Chapter
6-46 3, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article
6-47 717k-2, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). Interest on the general
6-48 obligation bonds may be payable at any time, and the rate of
6-49 interest on the general obligation bonds may be adjusted at any
6-50 time determined by the policy board pursuant to the resolutions
6-51 authorizing the bonds or determined pursuant to any contractual
6-52 arrangement approved by the policy board. In connection with the
6-53 issuance of its general obligation bonds, the policy board may
6-54 exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer in
6-55 connection with the issuance of obligations under Chapter 656, Acts
6-56 of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 717q,
6-57 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to the extent not inconsistent with
6-58 this section. The general obligation bonds may be issued in the
6-59 form and denominations and executed in the manner and under the
6-60 terms, conditions, and details determined by the policy board in
6-61 the resolution authorizing their issuance. If any officer whose
6-62 manual or facsimile signature appears on the general obligation
6-63 bonds ceases to be an officer, the signature remains valid and
6-64 sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in
6-65 office.
6-66 (c) All general obligation bonds issued by the policy board
6-67 under this section are subject to review and approval by the
6-68 attorney general in the same manner and with the same effect as is
6-69 provided by Chapter 656, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular
6-70 Session, 1983 (Article 717q, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
7-1 (d) The general obligation bonds are a legal and authorized
7-2 investment for a bank, trust company, savings and loan association,
7-3 insurance company, fiduciary, trustee, or guardian or a sinking
7-4 fund of a municipality, county, school district, or political
7-5 subdivision of the state. The general obligation bonds may secure
7-6 deposits of public funds of the state or a municipality, county,
7-7 school district, or another political corporation or subdivision of
7-8 the state. The policy board may issue bonds to refund all or part
7-9 of its outstanding general obligation bonds, including accrued but
7-10 unpaid interest. The general obligation bonds, a transaction
7-11 relating to those bonds, or a profit made in the sale of those
7-12 bonds is exempt from taxation by the state, an agency or
7-13 subdivision of the state, a municipality, or a special district.
7-14 SECTION 6. The policy board of the Texas Department of
7-15 Commerce may not issue more than $25 million of bonds under Section
7-16 481.1204, Government Code, as added by this Act, during the state
7-17 fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 1993.
7-18 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect on the date on which the
7-19 constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. 10, 73rd Legislature,
7-20 Regular Session, 1993, takes effect. If that proposed
7-21 constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
7-22 has no effect.
7-23 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
7-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
7-28 * * * * *
7-29 Austin,
7-30 Texas
7-31 April 23, 1993
7-32 Hon. Bob Bullock
7-33 President of the Senate
7-34 Sir:
7-35 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred
7-36 S.B. No. 223, have had the same under consideration, and I am
7-37 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
7-38 that it do not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in
7-39 lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
7-40 Parker,
7-41 Chairman
7-42 * * * * *
7-43 WITNESSES
7-44 FOR AGAINST ON
7-45 ___________________________________________________________________
7-46 Name: John Pouland x
7-47 Representing: GSC
7-48 City: Austin
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7-50 Name: Ernesto Chavarria x
7-51 Representing: TAMACC
7-52 City: Austin
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7-54 Name: Joe H. Morin x
7-55 Representing: TAMACC
7-56 City: Austin
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7-58 Name: Berto Guerra, Jr. x
7-59 Representing: TAMACC
7-60 City: Austin
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7-62 Name: Wardaleen F. Belvin x
7-63 Representing: Lt. Governor's Office
7-64 City: Austin
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7-66 Name: David R. Pinkus x
7-67 Representing: Small Business United of TX
7-68 City: Austin
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7-70 Name: Maricela Rodriguez Barr x
8-1 Representing: The Barr Company
8-2 City: Austin
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8-4 Name: Frances Cornejo x
8-5 Representing: J.P. Printing
8-6 City: Austin
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8-8 FOR AGAINST ON
8-9 ___________________________________________________________________
8-10 Name: Carol S. Hadnot x
8-11 Representing: Austin Black Contractors Ass.
8-12 City: Austin
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8-14 Name: Devoyd Jennings x
8-15 Representing: Tx. State Black Chambers
8-16 City: Ft. Worth
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8-18 Name: Richard Barth x
8-19 Representing: AGC of Texas
8-20 City: Austin
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8-22 Name: Martin Burrell x
8-23 Representing: DART
8-24 City: Dallas
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8-26 Name: Karen Box x
8-27 Representing: Cap. City Chambers of Comm.
8-28 City: Austin
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8-30 Name: Michael Von Ohlen x
8-31 Representing: Prism Development
8-32 City: Austin
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8-34 Name: Franklin D. Thomas x
8-35 Representing: Engercon Group
8-36 City: Dallas
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8-38 Name: Lena Guerrero x
8-39 Representing: Southwest Capitol Markets
8-40 City: Austin
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8-42 Name: Wendle Van Smith x
8-43 Representing: Self
8-44 City: Houston
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8-46 Name: Carl Davis x
8-47 Representing: Self
8-48 City: Houston
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8-50 Name: Reginald Gates x
8-51 Representing: Ft. Worth/Black Chambers
8-52 City: Ft. Worth
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8-54 Name: Dave Tovar x
8-55 Representing: SA Hispanic Chamber of Comm.
8-56 City: San Antonio
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8-58 Name: John Hernandez x
8-59 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
8-60 City: Austin
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8-62 Name: Esther Sepeda x
8-63 Representing: TAMACC
8-64 City: Austin
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8-66 Name: Rudy Colmenero x
8-67 Representing: TAMACC
8-68 City: Austin
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8-70 Name: Cesar Perez x
9-1 Representing: TAMACC
9-2 City: Rio Grande City
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9-4 Name: Jose A. Sena x
9-5 Representing: TAMACC/Dallas Hisp. Chamber
9-6 City: Dallas
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9-8 FOR AGAINST ON
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9-10 Name: Charlie Ponzio x
9-11 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
9-12 City: El Paso
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9-14 Name: Marco A. Arredondo x
9-15 Representing: Corpus Hispanic Chamber
9-16 City: Corpus Christi
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9-18 Name: Lydia Marie Trevino x
9-19 Representing: SEGUIN
9-20 City: Seguin
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9-22 Name: Henry G. Flores x
9-23 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
9-24 City: Austin
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9-26 Name: Ronald J. Alonzo x
9-27 Representing: Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber
9-28 City: Forth Worth
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9-30 Name: Jose F. Molina x
9-31 Representing: Odessa MANO
9-32 City: Odessa
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9-34 Name: Dan Sotomayor x
9-35 Representing: TAMACC, El Paso Chamber
9-36 City: El Paso
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9-38 Name: Larry E. Romero x
9-39 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
9-40 City: El Paso
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9-42 Name: Anthony D. Lyons x
9-43 Representing: Law office of Anthony D. Lyon
9-44 City: Dallas
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9-46 Name: Jesse Miranda x
9-47 Representing: Miranda, Inc.
9-48 City: Austin
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9-50 Name: Dan McNeil x
9-51 Representing: TX Dept. of Commerce
9-52 City: Austin
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9-54 Name: John Knox x
9-55 Representing: Universal Surety of America
9-56 City: Houston
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9-58 Name: Robert Bass x
9-59 Representing: Lumberman's Assoc. of TX
9-60 City: Austin
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9-62 Name: Calvin Stephens x x
9-63 Representing: DART Surety Support Program
9-64 City: Dallas
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9-66 Name: Charles Hardy x
9-67 Representing: Austin Industries
9-68 City: Dallas
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9-70 Name: Etta J. Mullin x
10-1 Representing: Self
10-2 City: Dallas
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