1-1 By: Lucio, West, Rosson S.B. No. 224
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. 224 By: Lucio
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the treatment of small businesses and historically
1-24 underutilized businesses by state governmental entities; providing
1-25 penalties.
1-26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-27 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Small
1-28 Business Assistance Act.
1-29 SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT. The legislature
1-30 finds that an indispensable element of the American economic system
1-31 is free and vigorous competition and that the preservation and
1-32 expansion of economic competition is essential to the economic
1-33 well-being of this state and of the United States. The legislature
1-34 further finds that the continuing vitality of small businesses and
1-35 historically underutilized businesses is of utmost importance to
1-36 economic competition and that it is the policy of this state to
1-37 ensure economic competition by assisting small businesses and
1-38 historically underutilized businesses to the greatest extent
1-39 possible. It is the intent of the legislature, by this Act, to
1-40 provide that assistance to small businesses and historically
1-41 underutilized businesses and, by doing so, to promote economic
1-42 competition to the benefit of all persons in this state.
1-43 SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-44 (1) "Commission" means the General Services
1-45 Commission.
1-46 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
1-47 Commerce.
1-48 (3) "Financial institution" means a state or federally
1-49 chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or
1-50 credit union in this state.
1-51 (4) "Historically underutilized business" means:
1-52 (A) a corporation formed for the purpose of
1-53 making a profit in which at least 51 percent of all classes of the
1-54 shares of stock or other equitable securities is owned by one or
1-55 more persons who are socially disadvantaged because of their
1-56 identification as members of certain groups, including black
1-57 Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, Asian Pacific Americans, and
1-58 American Indians, who have suffered the effects of discriminatory
1-59 practices or similar insidious circumstances over which they have
1-60 no control. Those persons must have proportionate interest and
1-61 demonstrate active participation in the control, operation, and
1-62 management of the corporation's affairs;
1-63 (B) a sole proprietorship formed for the purpose
1-64 of making a profit that is 100 percent owned, operated, and
1-65 controlled by a person described by Paragraph (A) of this
1-66 subdivision;
1-67 (C) a partnership formed for the purpose of
1-68 making a profit in which 51 percent of the assets and interest in
2-1 the partnership is owned by one or more persons described by
2-2 Paragraph (A) of this subdivision. Those persons must have
2-3 proportionate interest and demonstrate active participation in the
2-4 control, operation, and management of the partnership's affairs; or
2-5 (D) a joint venture in which each entity in the
2-6 joint venture is a historically underutilized business under this
2-7 subdivision.
2-8 (5) "Small business" means a corporation, partnership,
2-9 sole proprietorship, or other legal entity that:
2-10 (A) is formed for the purpose of making a
2-11 profit, is independently owned and operated, and has fewer than 100
2-12 employees or less than $1 million in annual gross receipts; or
2-13 (B) otherwise qualifies as a small business
2-14 under the standards of the United States Small Business
2-15 Administration.
2-16 (6) "State governmental entity" means:
2-17 (A) a state agency;
2-18 (B) an institution of higher education, as
2-19 defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
2-20 (C) an entity expressly created by statute and
2-21 having statewide jurisdiction; or
2-22 (D) another entity issuing a bond or other
2-23 obligation on behalf of the state or on behalf of an entity listed
2-24 in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision.
2-25 (7) "Supplier contract" means a contract between a
2-26 small business or historically underutilized business and a prime
2-27 contractor under which the small business or historically
2-28 underutilized business is directly involved in the manufacture or
2-29 distribution of the supplies or materials or otherwise warehouses
2-30 and ships the supplies.
2-31 (8) "Women-owned business" means:
2-32 (A) a corporation formed for the purpose of
2-33 making a profit in which at least 51 percent of all classes of the
2-34 shares of stock or other equitable securities is owned by one or
2-35 more women and in which women have a proportionate interest and
2-36 demonstrate active participation in the control, operation, and
2-37 management of the corporation's affairs;
2-38 (B) a sole proprietorship formed for the purpose
2-39 of making a profit that is 100 percent owned, operated, and
2-40 controlled by a woman;
2-41 (C) a partnership formed for the purpose of
2-42 making a profit in which 51 percent of the assets and interest in
2-43 the partnership is owned by one or more women and in which women
2-44 have a proportionate interest and demonstrate active participation
2-45 in the control, operation, and management of the partnership's
2-46 affairs; or
2-47 (D) a joint venture in which each entity in the
2-48 joint venture is a women-owned business under this subdivision.
2-49 SECTION 4. EXCLUSION AS HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS.
2-50 (a) A business is not a historically underutilized business if an
2-51 owner of the business has a personal net worth of more than
2-52 $750,000, unless the department determines that the person has
2-53 demonstrated that the person is a socially disadvantaged individual
2-54 described by Section 481.101(1)(A), Government Code, and its
2-55 subsequent amendments.
2-56 (b) For the purposes of this section, "personal net worth"
2-57 has the meaning assigned by the regulations of the United States
2-58 Small Business Administration in 13 C.F.R. Section 124.106 and its
2-59 subsequent amendments.
2-60 SECTION 5. DUTIES OF STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) Each
2-61 state governmental entity shall make a good faith effort to assist
2-62 historically underutilized businesses to receive not less than 35
2-63 percent of the total value of each contract award for construction
2-64 and the purchase of supplies, materials, services, and equipment
2-65 that the state governmental entity expects to make.
2-66 (b) Each state governmental entity shall keep statistical
2-67 data and other records on the number of contracts awarded by the
2-68 state governmental entity and each operating division of the state
2-69 governmental entity to small businesses or historically
2-70 underutilized businesses.
3-1 (c) Each state governmental entity shall report to the
3-2 commission the total number and dollar amount of contracts,
3-3 subcontracts, and supplier contracts paid to small businesses and
3-4 historically underutilized businesses. These reports shall be made
3-5 quarterly according to guidelines established by the commission.
3-6 SECTION 6. DUTIES OF GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. (a) The
3-7 commission shall certify businesses that are historically
3-8 underutilized businesses. As part of its certification procedures,
3-9 the commission shall approve a municipal program that certifies
3-10 historically underutilized businesses under substantially the same
3-11 definition prescribed by this Act and shall certify businesses
3-12 certified by the municipality as historically underutilized
3-13 businesses under this Act.
3-14 (b) The commission shall compile a directory of businesses
3-15 certified as historically underutilized businesses under Subsection
3-16 (a) of this section. The commission shall update the directory at
3-17 least semiannually in the most cost-efficient format and provide a
3-18 copy of the directory to each state agency semiannually. The
3-19 commission and state agencies shall use the directory in
3-20 determining awards of state purchasing and public works contracts.
3-21 (c) The commission shall compile and analyze the reports
3-22 submitted under Subsection (c) of Section 5 of this Act and submit
3-23 a report based on the analysis to the presiding officer and each
3-24 member of each house of the legislature each fiscal year.
3-25 (d) The commission shall offer assistance and training to
3-26 small businesses and historically underutilized businesses
3-27 regarding state procurement procedures. The commission shall
3-28 advise small businesses and historically underutilized businesses
3-29 of the availability of state contracts and advise small businesses
3-30 and historically underutilized businesses to enter the businesses'
3-31 names on the state's bid list.
3-32 (e) The commission shall work with public and private
3-33 entities to establish a method to provide information on contracts
3-34 and requests for proposals to the public in a timely and efficient
3-35 manner.
3-36 (f) The commission shall electronically post bid
3-37 solicitations with the department for dissemination through the
3-38 Texas Marketplace or another appropriate method of dissemination.
3-39 (g) To increase participation of small businesses and
3-40 historically underutilized businesses in state purchasing term
3-41 contracts, the commission shall attempt to purchase items that are
3-42 not the same or essentially similar under separate contracts.
3-43 Contracts should be reviewed to determine if it is feasible and if
3-44 a reasonable opportunity exists for a small business and
3-45 historically underutilized business to perform any part of the
3-46 contract. The commission may award one or more parts of a contract
3-47 to more than one bidder.
3-48 (h) The commission shall make a good faith effort to assist
3-49 historically underutilized businesses to receive not less than 35
3-50 percent of the total value of each contract award for construction
3-51 and the purchase of supplies, materials, services, and equipment
3-52 that the commission makes for a state agency.
3-53 (i) The commission shall report to the governor, lieutenant
3-54 governor, and speaker of the house of representatives during each
3-55 fiscal year the level of implementation of the participation goals
3-56 during the preceding fiscal year. If the participation goals are
3-57 not being met, the commission and each state agency not meeting its
3-58 goals shall report the reasons for the inability to meet the goals.
3-59 SECTION 7. DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. (a) The
3-60 department shall:
3-61 (1) examine the role of small businesses and
3-62 historically underutilized businesses in the state's economy and
3-63 the contribution of small businesses and historically underutilized
3-64 businesses in generating economic activity, expanding employment
3-65 opportunities, promoting exports, stimulating innovation and
3-66 entrepreneurship, and bringing new and untested products and
3-67 services to the marketplace;
3-68 (2) serve as the principal advocate in the state on
3-69 behalf of small businesses and historically underutilized
3-70 businesses and provide advice in the consideration of
4-1 administrative requirements and legislation that affect small
4-2 businesses and historically underutilized businesses;
4-3 (3) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts of state
4-4 agencies and other entities to assist small businesses and
4-5 historically underutilized businesses and make appropriate
4-6 recommendations to assist the development and strengthening of
4-7 small business and historically underutilized business enterprise;
4-8 (4) identify specific instances in which regulations
4-9 inhibit small business and historically underutilized business
4-10 development and to the extent possible identify conflicting state
4-11 policy goals;
4-12 (5) determine the availability of financial and other
4-13 resources to small businesses and historically underutilized
4-14 businesses and recommend methods for:
4-15 (A) increasing the availability of equity
4-16 capital and other forms of financial assistance to small businesses
4-17 and historically underutilized businesses;
4-18 (B) generating markets for the goods and
4-19 services of small businesses and historically underutilized
4-20 businesses;
4-21 (C) providing more effective education,
4-22 training, and management and technical assistance to small
4-23 businesses and historically underutilized businesses; and
4-24 (D) providing assistance to small businesses and
4-25 historically underutilized businesses in complying with federal,
4-26 state, and local laws;
4-27 (6) describe the reasons for small business and
4-28 historically underutilized business successes and failures,
4-29 ascertain the related factors that are particularly important in
4-30 this state, and recommend actions for increasing the success rate
4-31 of small businesses and historically underutilized businesses;
4-32 (7) serve as a focal point for receiving complaints
4-33 and suggestions concerning state government policies and activities
4-34 that affect small businesses and historically underutilized
4-35 businesses;
4-36 (8) assist with the resolution of problems among state
4-37 agencies and small businesses and historically underutilized
4-38 businesses;
4-39 (9) develop and advocate proposals for changes in
4-40 state policies and activities that adversely affect small
4-41 businesses and historically underutilized businesses;
4-42 (10) provide to legislative committees and state
4-43 agencies information on the effects of proposed policies or actions
4-44 that affect small businesses and historically underutilized
4-45 businesses;
4-46 (11) enlist the assistance of public and private
4-47 agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating
4-48 information about state programs and services that benefit small
4-49 businesses and historically underutilized businesses and
4-50 information regarding means by which small businesses and
4-51 historically underutilized businesses can use those programs and
4-52 services;
4-53 (12) provide information and assistance relating to
4-54 establishing, operating, or expanding small businesses and
4-55 historically underutilized businesses;
4-56 (13) establish and operate a statewide toll-free
4-57 telephone service providing small businesses and historically
4-58 underutilized businesses with ready access to the services offered
4-59 by the department and other state agencies;
4-60 (14) identify sources of financial assistance for
4-61 small businesses and historically underutilized businesses, match
4-62 small businesses and historically underutilized businesses with
4-63 sources of financial assistance, and assist small businesses and
4-64 historically underutilized businesses with the preparation of
4-65 applications for loans from governmental or private sources;
4-66 (15) sponsor meetings, to the extent practicable in
4-67 cooperation with public and private educational institutions, to
4-68 provide training and disseminate information beneficial to small
4-69 businesses and historically underutilized businesses;
4-70 (16) assist small businesses and historically
5-1 underutilized businesses in their dealings with federal, state, and
5-2 local governmental agencies and provide information regarding
5-3 governmental requirements affecting small businesses and
5-4 historically underutilized businesses;
5-5 (17) perform research, studies, and analyses of
5-6 matters affecting the interests of small businesses and
5-7 historically underutilized businesses;
5-8 (18) develop and implement programs to encourage
5-9 governmental agencies, public sector business associations, and
5-10 other organizations to provide useful services to small businesses
5-11 and historically underutilized businesses;
5-12 (19) use available resources within the state, such as
5-13 small business development centers, educational institutions, and
5-14 nonprofit associations, to coordinate the provision of management
5-15 and technical assistance to small businesses and historically
5-16 underutilized businesses in a systematic manner;
5-17 (20) publish newsletters, brochures, and other
5-18 documents containing information useful to small businesses and
5-19 historically underutilized businesses;
5-20 (21) identify successful small business and
5-21 historically underutilized business assistance programs provided by
5-22 other states and determine the feasibility of adapting those
5-23 programs for implementation in this state;
5-24 (22) establish an outreach program to make the
5-25 existence of the department's assistance known to small businesses
5-26 and historically underutilized businesses and potential clients
5-27 throughout the state;
5-28 (23) adopt rules necessary to carry out this section;
5-29 (24) identify potential business opportunities for
5-30 small businesses and historically underutilized businesses in the
5-31 border region and develop programs to maximize those opportunities;
5-32 (25) identify potential business opportunities for
5-33 small businesses and historically underutilized businesses in rural
5-34 areas of this state and develop programs to maximize those
5-35 opportunities; and
5-36 (26) perform any other functions necessary to carry
5-37 out the purposes of this section.
5-38 (b) The department may provide community-based services to
5-39 carry out its duties under this section, including the creation of
5-40 a pilot program to evaluate the merits of locating full-time
5-41 personnel outside the Austin headquarters. This pilot program will
5-42 give first preference to serving economically distressed areas,
5-43 rural areas, or historically underutilized businesses or assisting
5-44 development of specific industries. The department may require
5-45 areas served by these personnel to provide in-kind or cash
5-46 contributions as necessary to support these personnel. A report
5-47 will be submitted to the legislature describing the effectiveness
5-48 of this method for delivering services from the department to
5-49 address specific economic needs.
5-50 SECTION 8. DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE. (a) The
5-51 State Board of Insurance shall maintain records and submit a report
5-52 to the governor and the legislature not later than February 1 of
5-53 each odd-numbered year relating to bonds governed by Chapter 7,
5-54 Insurance Code, and its subsequent amendments. The report must
5-55 include:
5-56 (1) the number of bond applications made to surety
5-57 companies;
5-58 (2) the number of bond applicants that were small
5-59 businesses or historically underutilized businesses;
5-60 (3) the number and amount of bonds authorized by
5-61 surety companies;
5-62 (4) the number and amount of bonds that were issued to
5-63 small businesses or historically underutilized businesses; and
5-64 (5) a breakdown of the bonds issued to small
5-65 businesses or historically underutilized businesses by ethnicity
5-66 and sex.
5-67 (b) Copies of the report must also be filed with the
5-68 commission and department.
5-69 SECTION 9. DUTIES OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD. The
5-70 Legislative Budget Board shall submit an annual report to the
6-1 department and the commission stating for each state agency the
6-2 capital budget items and term contract purchases of the state
6-3 agency during the previous state fiscal year.
6-4 SECTION 10. DUTIES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. (a) Each
6-5 year on a date determined by the state treasurer, a financial
6-6 institution must file with the state treasurer, the commission, and
6-7 the department a report for the preceding year that includes:
6-8 (1) the number of small businesses and historically
6-9 underutilized businesses that applied for a loan with the financial
6-10 institution;
6-11 (2) the number of loans that were made to small
6-12 businesses and historically underutilized businesses; and
6-13 (3) the number of small businesses and historically
6-14 underutilized businesses that were denied a request for a loan and
6-15 the reason for the denial.
6-16 (b) The timely annual filing by a financial institution of a
6-17 report of condition required by 12 U.S.C. Section 1817(a)(3), and
6-18 its subsequent amendments, that contains the information required
6-19 by Section 122, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement
6-20 Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-242), and its subsequent amendments, with
6-21 the appropriate federal agency on the form prescribed by that
6-22 agency constitutes compliance with the reporting requirements of
6-23 this section, unless the federal reserve board fails or refuses to
6-24 publish that information as required by Section 477, Federal
6-25 Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C.
6-26 Section 251), and its subsequent amendments, and the state
6-27 treasurer notifies the financial institution that the federal
6-28 reserve board has failed to publish that information and requests
6-29 the financial institution to forward to the state treasurer the
6-30 portion of the report of condition that contains the information
6-31 required by Section 122, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
6-32 Improvement Act of 1991. Forwarding the requested portion of the
6-33 report of condition to the state treasurer constitutes compliance
6-34 with the reporting requirements of this section.
6-35 (c) This section does not require a financial institution to
6-36 collect or report information relating to the race, sex, religion,
6-37 or ethnicity of a borrower or a loan applicant to the extent the
6-38 collection or reporting of that information is prohibited or
6-39 restricted by any other law of this state or the United States.
6-40 (d) If the state treasurer determines that a financial
6-41 institution is improperly denying loans to small businesses or
6-42 historically underutilized businesses, the treasurer may prohibit
6-43 funds of the state or another governmental entity over which the
6-44 treasurer has control from being deposited with the financial
6-45 institution.
6-46 (e) On the request of a small business or a historically
6-47 underutilized business that is the recipient of a contract from the
6-48 state or a local unit of government, a financial institution shall
6-49 assist the business in the establishment of a collateralized
6-50 operating line of credit that is consistent with the dollar value
6-51 of the business contract. If a financial institution is able to
6-52 provide this line of credit, the line of credit must:
6-53 (1) provide for draws on at least a weekly basis to
6-54 meet operating expenses; and
6-55 (2) be secured by the business's accounts receivable
6-56 or alternative security or collateral.
6-57 SECTION 11. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an
6-58 offense if the person intentionally applies as a historically
6-59 underutilized business for an award of a contract governed by this
6-60 Act and the person knowingly does not meet the definition of a
6-61 historically underutilized business under this Act.
6-62 (b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
6-63 applies as a small business for an award of a contract governed by
6-64 this Act and the person knowingly does not meet the definition of
6-65 small business under this Act.
6-66 (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
6-67 degree.
6-68 SECTION 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. Sections 3.07 and 3.10,
6-69 State Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's
6-70 Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
7-1 Sec. 3.07. Emergency Purchases. <(a)> The commission shall
7-2 provide for emergency purchases by a state agency and may set a
7-3 monetary limit on the amount of each emergency purchase.
7-4 <(b) Each emergency purchase made under this section is
7-5 subject to the disadvantaged business provisions of Section 3.10 of
7-6 this article.>
7-7 Sec. 3.10. Purchase Methods. <(a)> In purchasing supplies,
7-8 materials, services, and equipment the commission may use, but is
7-9 not limited to, the contract purchase procedure, the multiple award
7-10 contract procedure, and the open market purchase procedure. The
7-11 commission shall have the authority to combine orders in a system
7-12 of schedule purchasing, and it shall at all times try to benefit
7-13 from purchasing in bulk. All purchases of and contracts for
7-14 supplies, materials, services, and equipment shall, except as
7-15 provided herein, be based whenever possible on competitive bids.
7-16 <(b) The commission shall make a good faith effort to assist
7-17 disadvantaged businesses to receive at least 10 percent of the
7-18 total value of all contract awards for the purchase of supplies,
7-19 materials, services, and equipment that the commission expects to
7-20 make for a state agency in its fiscal year. The commission shall
7-21 estimate the expected total value of an agency's contract awards
7-22 not later than the 60th day of the agency's fiscal year and may
7-23 revise the estimate as new information requires.>
7-24 SECTION 13. REPEALER. The following are repealed:
7-25 (1) Subchapter G, Chapter 481, Government Code;
7-26 (2) Sections 465.0081, 481.078(f), and 493.012,
7-27 Government Code;
7-28 (3) Section 12.029, Agriculture Code;
7-29 (4) Sections 11.912 and 61.0571, Education Code;
7-30 (5) Sections 1.02(3), 1.03, 1.04, and 5.36, State
7-31 Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas
7-32 Civil Statutes);
7-33 (6) Section 2.06, State Lottery Act (Article 179g,
7-34 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
7-35 (7) Article 6669c, Revised Statutes; and
7-36 (8) Section 24, Chapter 410, Acts of the 53rd
7-37 Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article 6674v, Vernon's Texas
7-38 Civil Statutes).
7-39 SECTION 14. STUDY BY COMPTROLLER. (a) Before January 1,
7-40 1994, the comptroller shall prepare a disparity and capacity study
7-41 regarding state contracting. Each state governmental entity shall
7-42 report as necessary to and cooperate with the comptroller in the
7-43 preparation of the study.
7-44 (b) The study must identify the available capacity,
7-45 potential availability, and goals for small businesses and
7-46 historically underutilized businesses for geographical and
7-47 industrial segments of the state.
7-48 (c) Before February 1, 1994, the comptroller shall
7-49 distribute the report to each state governmental entity and the
7-50 legislature.
7-51 (d) This section expires February 1, 1994.
7-52 SECTION 15. APPLICATION. This Act applies only to a
7-53 contract awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A
7-54 contract awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed
7-55 by the law in effect when the contract was awarded, and that law is
7-56 continued in effect for that purpose.
7-57 SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
7-58 1, 1993.
7-59 SECTION 17. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
7-60 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
7-64 * * * * *
7-65 Austin,
7-66 Texas
7-67 April 23, 1993
7-68 Hon. Bob Bullock
7-69 President of the Senate
7-70 Sir:
8-1 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred
8-2 S.B. No. 224, have had the same under consideration, and I am
8-3 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
8-4 that it do not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in
8-5 lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
8-6 Parker,
8-7 Chairman
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8-9 WITNESSES
8-10 FOR AGAINST ON
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8-12 FOR AGAINST ON
8-13 ___________________________________________________________________
8-14 Name: Daphne Oppenheimer x
8-15 Representing: Oppenheimer Environmental Co.
8-16 City: Austin
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8-18 Name: Darrell W. Pierce x
8-19 Representing: General Service Commission
8-20 City: Austin
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8-22 Name: John Pouland x
8-23 Representing: GSC
8-24 City: Austin
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8-26 Name: Ernesto Chavarria x
8-27 Representing: TAMACC
8-28 City: Austin
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8-30 Name: Joe H. Morin x
8-31 Representing: TAMACC
8-32 City: Austin
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8-34 Name: Berto Guerra, Jr. x
8-35 Representing: TAMACC
8-36 City: Austin
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8-38 Name: Wardaleen F. Belvin x
8-39 Representing: Lt. Governor's Office
8-40 City: Austin
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8-42 Name: David R. Pinkus x
8-43 Representing: Small Business United of Tex.
8-44 City: Austin
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8-46 Name: Maricela Rodriguez Barr x
8-47 Representing: The Barr Company
8-48 City: Austin
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8-50 Name: Frances Cornejo x
8-51 Representing: J.P. Printing
8-52 City: Austin
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8-54 Name: Carol S. Hadnot x
8-55 Representing: Austin Black Contractors Ass.
8-56 City: Austin
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8-58 Name: Devoyd Jennings x
8-59 Representing: Tx. State Black Chambers
8-60 City: Ft. Worth
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8-62 Name: Richard Barth x
8-63 Representing: AGC of Texas
8-64 City: Austin
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8-66 Name: Martin Burrell x
8-67 Representing: DART
8-68 City: Dallas
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8-70 Name: Karen Box x
9-1 Representing: Cap. City Chambers of Comm.
9-2 City: Austin
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9-4 Name: Michael Von Ohlen x
9-5 Representing: Prism Development
9-6 City: Austin
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9-8 Name: Franklin D. Thomas x
9-9 Representing: Engercon Group
9-10 City: Dallas
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9-12 FOR AGAINST ON
9-13 ___________________________________________________________________
9-14 Name: Lena Guerrero x
9-15 Representing: Southwest Capitol Markets
9-16 City: Austin
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9-18 Name: Wendle Van Smith x
9-19 Representing: Self
9-20 City: Houston
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9-22 Name: Carl Davis x
9-23 Representing: Self
9-24 City: Houston
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9-26 Name: Reginald Gates x
9-27 Representing: Ft. Worth/Black Chambers
9-28 City: Ft. Worth
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9-30 Name: Dave Tovar x
9-31 Representing: SA Hispanic Chamber of Comm.
9-32 City: San Antonio
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9-34 Name: John Hernandez x
9-35 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
9-36 City: Austin
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9-38 Name: Esther Sepeda x
9-39 Representing: TAMACC
9-40 City: Austin
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9-42 Name: Rudy Colmenero x
9-43 Representing: TAMACC
9-44 City: Austin
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9-46 Name: Cesar Perez x
9-47 Representing: TAMACC
9-48 City: Rio Grande City
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9-50 Name: Jose A. Sena x
9-51 Representing: TAMACC/Dallas Hisp. Chamber
9-52 City: Dallas
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9-54 Name: Charlie Ponzio x
9-55 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
9-56 City: El Paso
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9-58 Name: Marco A. Arredondo x
9-59 Representing: Corpus Hispanic Chamber
9-60 City: Corpus Christi
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9-62 Name: Lydia Marie Trevino x
9-63 Representing: Seguin
9-64 City: Seguin
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9-66 Name: Henry G. Flores x
9-67 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
9-68 City: Austin
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9-70 Name: Ronald J. Alonzo x
10-1 Representing: Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber
10-2 City: Fort Worth
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10-4 Name: Jose F. Molina x
10-5 Representing: Odessa MANO
10-6 City: Odessa
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10-8 Name: Dan Sotomayor x
10-9 Representing: TAMACC, El Paso Chamber
10-10 City: El Paso
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10-13 ___________________________________________________________________
10-14 Name: Larry E. Romero x
10-15 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
10-16 City: El Paso
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10-18 Name: Anthony D. Lyons x
10-19 Representing: Law Office of Anthony D. Lyon
10-20 City: Dallas
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10-22 Name: Jesse Miranda x
10-23 Representing: Miranda, Inc.
10-24 City: Austin
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10-26 Name: Calvin Stephens x x
10-27 Representing: DART Surety Support
10-28 City: Dallas
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10-30 Name: Charles Hardy x
10-31 Representing: Austin Industries
10-32 City: Dallas
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10-34 Name: Effie Booker x
10-35 Representing: Tx Bankers Assoc./First
10-36 Interstate Bank
10-37 City: Houston
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10-39 Name: Wanda Johnson x
10-40 Representing: Tx Bankers Assoc./First
10-41 Interstate Bank
10-42 City: Houston
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10-44 Name: Ben Morgan x
10-45 Representing: Tx Bankers Assoc./First
10-46 Interstate Bank
10-47 City: Austin
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10-49 Name: Shanna Igo x
10-50 Representing: TML
10-51 City: Austin
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10-53 Name: Etta J. Mullin x
10-54 Representing: Self
10-55 City: Dallas
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