1-1 By: Lucio, West, Rosson S.B. No. 225
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. 225 By: Lucio
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to a capital growth and start-up fund for historically
1-24 underutilized businesses; providing for the issuance of bonds.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. The heading of Subchapter G, Chapter 481,
1-27 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-28 SUBCHAPTER G. <SMALL BUSINESS> ASSISTANCE FOR HISTORICALLY
1-29 UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESSES
1-30 SECTION 2. Section 481.101, Government Code, is amended by
1-31 amending Subdivisions (1) and (3) and adding Subdivisions (4), (5),
1-32 and (6) to read as follows:
1-33 (1) "Historically underutilized business"
1-34 <"Disadvantaged business"> means:
1-35 (A) a corporation formed for the purpose of
1-36 making a profit in which at least 51 percent of all classes of the
1-37 shares of stock or other equitable securities is owned by one or
1-38 more persons who are socially disadvantaged because of their
1-39 identification as members of certain groups, including black
1-40 Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, Asian Pacific Americans, and
1-41 American Indians, who have suffered the effects of discriminatory
1-42 practices or similar insidious circumstances over which they have
1-43 no control. Those persons must have proportionate interest and
1-44 demonstrate active participation in the control, operation, and
1-45 management of the corporation's affairs;
1-46 (B) a sole proprietorship formed for the purpose
1-47 of making a profit that is 100 percent owned, operated, and
1-48 controlled by a person described by Paragraph (A) of this
1-49 subdivision;
1-50 (C) a partnership formed for the purpose of
1-51 making a profit in which 51 percent of the assets and interest in
1-52 the partnership is owned by one or more persons described by
1-53 Paragraph (A) of this subdivision. Those persons must have
1-54 proportionate interest and demonstrate active participation in the
1-55 control, operation, and management of the partnership's affairs; or
1-56 (D) a joint venture in which each entity in the
1-57 joint venture is a historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
1-58 business under this subdivision<; or>
1-59 <(E) a supplier contract between a disadvantaged
1-60 business under this subdivision and a prime contractor under which
1-61 the disadvantaged business is directly involved in the manufacture
1-62 or distribution of the supplies or materials or otherwise
1-63 warehouses and ships the supplies>.
1-64 (3) "Small business" means a corporation, partnership,
1-65 sole proprietorship, or other legal entity that:
1-66 (A) is formed for the purpose of making a
1-67 profit,<;>
1-68 <(B)> is independently owned and operated,<;>
2-1 and
2-2 <(C)> has fewer than 100 employees or less than
2-3 $1 million in annual gross receipts; or
2-4 (B) otherwise qualifies as a small business
2-5 under the standards of the United States Small Business
2-6 Administration.
2-7 (4) "Capital growth fund" means the Texas historically
2-8 underutilized business capital growth and start-up fund.
2-9 (5) "Private lender" means a bank, savings bank,
2-10 savings and loan association, trust company, or insurance company,
2-11 a nonprofit corporation or other entity created by a municipality
2-12 as authorized by law that has the authority to make loans, or an
2-13 individual that the office determines is an experienced and
2-14 sophisticated investor.
2-15 (6) "Qualified application" means a completed
2-16 application, including all documents and information required by
2-17 the office and submitted by:
2-18 (A) a private lender for a business; or
2-19 (B) a historically underutilized business.
2-20 SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
2-21 amended by adding Section 481.1011 to read as follows:
2-22 Sec. 481.1011. EXCLUSION AS HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED
2-23 BUSINESS. A business is not a historically underutilized business
2-24 if an owner of the business has a personal net worth of more than
2-25 $750,000, unless the office determines that the person has
2-26 demonstrated that the person is a socially disadvantaged individual
2-27 described by Section 481.101(1)(A). For the purposes of this
2-28 section, "personal net worth" has the meaning assigned by the
2-29 regulations of the United States Small Business Administration in
2-30 13 C.F.R. Section 124.106.
2-31 SECTION 4. Sections 481.103 and 481.107, Government Code,
2-32 are amended to read as follows:
2-33 Sec. 481.103. Duties. (a) The office shall:
2-34 (1) examine the role of small and historically
2-35 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in the state's economy and
2-36 the contribution of small and historically underutilized
2-37 <disadvantaged> businesses in generating economic activity,
2-38 expanding employment opportunities, promoting exports, stimulating
2-39 innovation and entrepreneurship, and bringing new and untested
2-40 products and services to the marketplace;
2-41 (2) serve as the principal advocate in the state on
2-42 behalf of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
2-43 businesses and provide advice in the consideration of
2-44 administrative requirements and legislation that affect small and
2-45 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
2-46 (3) evaluate the effectiveness of efforts of state
2-47 agencies and other entities to assist small and historically
2-48 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and make appropriate
2-49 recommendations to assist the development and strengthening of
2-50 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> business
2-51 enterprise;
2-52 (4) identify specific instances in which regulations
2-53 inhibit small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
2-54 business development and to the extent possible identify
2-55 conflicting state policy goals;
2-56 (5) determine the availability of financial and other
2-57 resources to small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
2-58 businesses and recommend methods for:
2-59 (A) increasing the availability of equity
2-60 capital and other forms of financial assistance to small and
2-61 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
2-62 (B) generating markets for the goods and
2-63 services of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
2-64 businesses;
2-65 (C) providing more effective education,
2-66 training, and management and technical assistance to small and
2-67 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses; and
2-68 (D) providing assistance to small and
2-69 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in complying
2-70 with federal, state, and local laws;
3-1 (6) describe the reasons for small and historically
3-2 underutilized <disadvantaged> business successes and failures,
3-3 ascertain the related factors that are particularly important in
3-4 this state, and recommend actions for increasing the success rate
3-5 of small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-6 (7) serve as a focal point for receiving complaints
3-7 and suggestions concerning state government policies and activities
3-8 that affect small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-9 businesses;
3-10 (8) assist with the resolution of problems among state
3-11 agencies and small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-12 businesses;
3-13 (9) develop and advocate proposals for changes in
3-14 state policies and activities that adversely affect small and
3-15 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-16 (10) provide to legislative committees and state
3-17 agencies information on the effects of proposed policies or actions
3-18 that affect small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-19 businesses;
3-20 (11) enlist the assistance of public and private
3-21 agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating
3-22 information about state programs and services that benefit small
3-23 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and
3-24 information regarding means by which small and historically
3-25 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses can use those programs and
3-26 services;
3-27 (12) provide information and assistance relating to
3-28 establishing, operating, or expanding small and historically
3-29 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-30 (13) establish and operate a statewide toll-free
3-31 telephone service providing small and historically underutilized
3-32 <disadvantaged> businesses with ready access to the services
3-33 offered by the office;
3-34 (14) identify sources of financial assistance for
3-35 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses,
3-36 match small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
3-37 businesses with sources of financial assistance, and assist small
3-38 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses with the
3-39 preparation of applications for loans from governmental or private
3-40 sources;
3-41 (15) sponsor meetings, to the extent practicable in
3-42 cooperation with public and private educational institutions, to
3-43 provide training and disseminate information beneficial to small
3-44 and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-45 (16) assist small and historically underutilized
3-46 <disadvantaged> businesses in their dealings with federal, state,
3-47 and local governmental agencies and provide information regarding
3-48 governmental requirements affecting small and historically
3-49 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-50 (17) perform research, studies, and analyses of
3-51 matters affecting the interests of small and historically
3-52 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-53 (18) develop and implement programs to encourage
3-54 governmental agencies, public sector business associations, and
3-55 other organizations to provide useful services to small and
3-56 historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-57 (19) use available resources within the state, such as
3-58 small business development centers, educational institutions, and
3-59 nonprofit associations, to coordinate the provision of management
3-60 and technical assistance to small and historically underutilized
3-61 <disadvantaged> businesses in a systematic manner;
3-62 (20) publish newsletters, brochures, and other
3-63 documents containing information useful to small and historically
3-64 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses;
3-65 (21) identify successful small and historically
3-66 underutilized <disadvantaged> business assistance programs provided
3-67 by other states and determine the feasibility of adapting those
3-68 programs for implementation in this state;
3-69 (22) establish an outreach program to make the
3-70 existence of the office known to small and historically
4-1 underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses and potential clients
4-2 throughout the state;
4-3 (23) adopt rules necessary to carry out this
4-4 subchapter;
4-5 (24) identify potential business opportunities for
4-6 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in
4-7 the border region and develop programs to maximize those
4-8 opportunities;
4-9 (25) identify potential business opportunities for
4-10 small and historically underutilized <disadvantaged> businesses in
4-11 rural areas of this state and develop programs to maximize those
4-12 opportunities; and
4-13 (26) perform any other functions necessary to carry
4-14 out the purposes of this subchapter.
4-15 (b) The department may provide community-based services to
4-16 carry out its duties under this chapter, including the creation of
4-17 a pilot program to evaluate the merits of locating full-time
4-18 personnel outside the Austin headquarters. This pilot program will
4-19 give first preference to serving economically distressed areas,
4-20 rural areas, or historically underutilized <disadvantaged>
4-21 businesses or assisting development of specific industries. The
4-22 department may require areas served by these personnel to provide
4-23 in-kind or cash contributions as necessary to support these
4-24 personnel. A report will be submitted to the legislature
4-25 describing the effectiveness of this method for delivering services
4-26 from the department to address specific economic needs.
4-27 Sec. 481.107. CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL OR HISTORICALLY
4-28 UNDERUTILIZED <DISADVANTAGED> BUSINESSES. Each state agency shall
4-29 keep statistical data and other records on the number of contracts
4-30 awarded by the agency to small or historically underutilized
4-31 <disadvantaged> businesses.
4-32 SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
4-33 amended by adding Sections 481.109 through 481.117 to read as
4-34 follows:
4-35 Sec. 481.109. Texas Historically Underutilized Business
4-36 Capital Growth And Start-Up Fund. (a) The Texas historically
4-37 underutilized business capital growth and start-up fund is a
4-38 revolving fund in the state treasury. The capital growth fund
4-39 consists of money appropriated to the office, proceeds of general
4-40 obligation bonds issued to provide loan guarantees under this
4-41 subchapter, application fees, guarantee fees, and other amounts
4-42 received by the state from loans or loan guarantees made under this
4-43 subchapter and money acquired from federal grants or other sources
4-44 and required by resolution of the policy board to be deposited in
4-45 the capital growth fund. The capital growth fund contains a
4-46 program account, an interest and sinking account, and other
4-47 accounts that the policy board authorizes to be created and
4-48 maintained. Money in the capital growth fund is available for use
4-49 by the office for the loan and loan guarantee program provided by
4-50 this subchapter.
4-51 (b) Money in the program account, minus the costs of
4-52 issuance of general obligation bonds to provide loans and loan
4-53 guarantees under this subchapter and necessary costs of
4-54 administering the capital growth fund, may be used only to provide
4-55 loans and loan guarantees to aid in the start-up costs of
4-56 historically underutilized businesses. The office may provide a
4-57 loan or loan guarantee from the capital growth fund to assist a
4-58 historically underutilized business to construct new facilities,
4-59 renovate existing facilities, acquire any interest in real or
4-60 personal property, and provide initial working capital to pay the
4-61 cost of salaries, rents, supplies, inventories, mortgage payments,
4-62 legal services, and utilities and telephone, travel, and other
4-63 incidental costs normally classified as working capital according
4-64 to standard accounting principles. The office shall provide loans
4-65 and loan guarantees from the capital growth fund on the terms and
4-66 conditions that the office determines to be reasonable,
4-67 appropriate, and consistent with the purposes and objectives of the
4-68 capital growth fund and this subchapter. The office may provide a
4-69 loan or loan guarantee only if financing for the historically
4-70 underutilized business may not be otherwise obtained.
5-1 Sec. 481.110. LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES. (a) The office
5-2 may not guarantee more than 90 percent of a loan or provide a loan
5-3 in an amount in excess of 95 percent of the cost of the undertaking
5-4 to be financed.
5-5 (b) For each loan or loan guarantee the office shall
5-6 determine:
5-7 (1) the fees charged by the office, including loan
5-8 fees, guarantee fees, application fees, annual fees, and any other
5-9 costs associated with the loan or loan guarantee necessary for the
5-10 administration of the capital growth fund;
5-11 (2) the permissible interest rates and amortization
5-12 requirements for a loan made or guaranteed, as agreed on by the
5-13 private lender, if any, the business, and the office;
5-14 (3) the acceptable security for the loan or the
5-15 office's participation in the business;
5-16 (4) the financial responsibility of the business to
5-17 repay the loan; and
5-18 (5) any other terms or conditions relating to a loan
5-19 or loan guarantee.
5-20 (c) The minimum amount of a loan that may be made or
5-21 guaranteed by the office is $10,000.
5-22 (d) The maximum amount of a loan that may be made or
5-23 guaranteed by the office is $500,000.
5-24 Sec. 481.111. APPLICATION AND APPROVAL. (a) The office may
5-25 not make a loan or loan guarantee except on submission of a
5-26 qualified application by a historically underutilized business or
5-27 private lender.
5-28 (b) A qualified application may not be approved unless the
5-29 business holds funds or property in an amount or value equal to not
5-30 less than 10 percent of the start-up cost of the business, the
5-31 funds or property are pledged to the business, and the business has
5-32 obtained from other financial sources a firm commitment for funds
5-33 in excess of the loan made or guaranteed by the office.
5-34 (c) On approval of the qualified application, the office may
5-35 provide a loan or loan guarantee to a business for purposes
5-36 authorized by Section 481.112.
5-37 (d) This subchapter does not prohibit the use of money in
5-38 the capital growth fund in conjunction with any other money
5-39 available for the purposes of the loans or loan guarantees provided
5-40 by this subchapter.
5-41 Sec. 481.112. USE OF LOAN. The money received from a loan
5-42 made or guaranteed under Section 481.110 may be used only for the
5-43 initial costs of starting a business as described by Section
5-44 481.109.
5-45 Sec. 481.113. DEFAULT ON LOAN. (a) If a historically
5-46 underutilized business defaults on a loan made under Section
5-47 481.110, or defaults on a loan guaranteed under Section 481.110 and
5-48 the office is required to honor its guarantee, the office through
5-49 its representative shall bring suit against the business as soon as
5-50 practicable. The suit may be brought in the county in which the
5-51 principal office of the business is located, in which the private
5-52 lender, if any, is located, or in Travis County.
5-53 (b) The office may take title by foreclosure to any property
5-54 of the business if an acquisition is necessary to protect a loan or
5-55 loan guarantee made for the business by the office and may sell any
5-56 property of the business. If the office cannot make a sale
5-57 promptly, it may lease any property of the business to another
5-58 person to minimize financial losses and sustain employment.
5-59 (c) The office shall report to the comptroller the name of a
5-60 business that is in default on a loan made under Section 481.110 or
5-61 a loan guaranteed under Section 481.110 on which the office has
5-62 been required to honor a guarantee. The comptroller may not issue
5-63 a warrant to the business while the business is in default.
5-64 (d) The instruments evidencing a loan made by the office or
5-65 a guarantee of a loan made by a private lender must provide that in
5-66 the event of a default in the payment of the principal of or
5-67 interest on the obligation or in the performance of a mortgage,
5-68 instrument, or other agreement relating to the loan or loan
5-69 guarantee, the payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus
5-70 or by the appointment of a receiver in equity with power to apply
6-1 the revenues from the business as provided by the mortgage,
6-2 instrument, or other agreement.
6-3 Sec. 481.114. FALSE INFORMATION ON APPLICATION. An
6-4 applicant who knowingly or negligently provides material false
6-5 information on an application under Section 481.111:
6-6 (1) may not submit another application under Section
6-7 481.111; and
6-8 (2) is liable to the state and a private lender for
6-9 any expense incurred by the state or private lender that would not
6-10 have been incurred if the applicant had not provided the false
6-11 information.
6-12 Sec. 481.115. ADMINISTRATION OF CAPITAL GROWTH FUND. The
6-13 office shall administer the capital growth fund and shall act as
6-14 liaison among businesses, private lenders, and state agencies whose
6-15 services are useful to the office in carrying out the loan and
6-16 loan guarantee program provided by this subchapter.
6-17 Sec. 481.116. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The policy
6-18 board shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of the
6-19 capital growth fund. The policy board shall establish procedures
6-20 to minimize the number of defaults on loans made or guaranteed from
6-21 the capital growth fund. Those procedures may include the purchase
6-22 of insurance coverage against loss.
6-23 Sec. 481.117. CAPITAL GROWTH FUND: GENERAL OBLIGATION
6-24 BONDS. (a) The policy board may issue up to $50 million of
6-25 general obligation bonds and may use the proceeds of those bonds to
6-26 provide loans or loan guarantees under this subchapter. The policy
6-27 board shall deposit the proceeds of the general obligation bonds in
6-28 the capital growth fund and apply them in accordance with the
6-29 resolutions authorizing the bonds. The capital growth fund and any
6-30 accounts established in the fund shall be held in trust by the
6-31 state treasurer for and on behalf of the office and the owners of
6-32 the general obligation bonds issued in accordance with this section
6-33 and may be used only as provided by this section. Pending use, the
6-34 treasurer may invest and reinvest money in the capital growth fund
6-35 in investments authorized by law for state funds that the
6-36 treasurer, consistent with the policy board's resolutions
6-37 authorizing the general obligation bonds, considers appropriate.
6-38 Payment for the provision of a loan or loan guarantee provided
6-39 under this subchapter shall be deposited, first, in the interest
6-40 and sinking account as prescribed by the policy board's resolutions
6-41 authorizing general obligation bonds under this subchapter and,
6-42 second, in any reserve account established by the policy board
6-43 until that account is fully funded as prescribed by the policy
6-44 board's resolutions. If, during the time any general obligation
6-45 bonds are payable from the interest and sinking account, the policy
6-46 board determines that there will not be sufficient money in the
6-47 interest and sinking account during the following fiscal year to
6-48 pay the principal of or interest on the general obligation bonds or
6-49 both the principal and interest that are to come due during the
6-50 following fiscal year, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund
6-51 the first money coming into the state treasury not otherwise
6-52 appropriated by the constitution in an amount sufficient to pay the
6-53 obligations.
6-54 (b) The general obligation bonds may be issued from time to
6-55 time in one or more series or issues, in bearer, registered, or any
6-56 other form, which may include registered uncertificated obligations
6-57 not represented by written instruments and commonly known as
6-58 book-entry obligations, the registration of ownership and transfer
6-59 of which shall be provided for by the policy board under a system
6-60 of books and records maintained by the office or by an agent
6-61 appointed by the policy board in a resolution providing for
6-62 issuance of its general obligation bonds. General obligation bonds
6-63 may mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years from their
6-64 date. General obligation bonds may bear no interest or may bear
6-65 interest at any rate or rates, fixed, variable, floating, or
6-66 otherwise, determined by the policy board or determined pursuant to
6-67 any contractual arrangements approved by the policy board, not to
6-68 exceed the maximum net effective interest rate allowed by Chapter
6-69 3, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article
6-70 717k-2, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). Interest on the general
7-1 obligation bonds may be payable at any time, and the rate of
7-2 interest on the general obligation bonds may be adjusted at any
7-3 time determined by the policy board pursuant to the resolutions
7-4 authorizing the bonds or determined pursuant to any contractual
7-5 arrangement approved by the policy board. In connection with the
7-6 issuance of its general obligation bonds, the policy board may
7-7 exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer in
7-8 connection with the issuance of obligations under Chapter 656, Acts
7-9 of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 717q,
7-10 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to the extent not inconsistent with
7-11 this section. The general obligation bonds may be issued in the
7-12 form and denominations and executed in the manner and under the
7-13 terms, conditions, and details determined by the policy board in
7-14 the resolution authorizing their issuance. If any officer whose
7-15 manual or facsimile signature appears on the general obligation
7-16 bonds ceases to be an officer, the signature remains valid and
7-17 sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in
7-18 office.
7-19 (c) All general obligation bonds issued by the policy board
7-20 under this section are subject to review and approval by the
7-21 attorney general in the same manner and with the same effect as is
7-22 provided by Chapter 656, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular
7-23 Session, 1983 (Article 717q, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
7-24 (d) The general obligation bonds are a legal and authorized
7-25 investment for a bank, trust company, savings and loan association,
7-26 insurance company, fiduciary, trustee, or guardian or a sinking
7-27 fund of a municipality, county, school district, or political
7-28 subdivision of the state. The general obligation bonds may secure
7-29 deposits of public funds of the state or a municipality, county,
7-30 school district, or another political corporation or subdivision of
7-31 the state. The policy board may issue bonds to refund all or part
7-32 of its outstanding general obligation bonds, including accrued but
7-33 unpaid interest. The general obligation bonds, a transaction
7-34 relating to those bonds, or a profit made in the sale of those
7-35 bonds is exempt from taxation by the state, an agency or
7-36 subdivision of the state, a municipality, or a special district.
7-37 SECTION 6. The policy board of the Texas Department of
7-38 Commerce may not issue more than $25 million of bonds under Section
7-39 481.117, Government Code, as added by this Act, during the state
7-40 fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 1993.
7-41 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect on the date on which the
7-42 constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. 9, 73rd Legislature,
7-43 Regular Session, 1993, takes effect. If that proposed
7-44 constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
7-45 has no effect.
7-46 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
7-47 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-48 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-49 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-50 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
7-51 * * * * *
7-52 Austin,
7-53 Texas
7-54 April 23, 1993
7-55 Hon. Bob Bullock
7-56 President of the Senate
7-57 Sir:
7-58 We, your Committee on Economic Development to which was referred
7-59 S.B. No. 225, have had the same under consideration, and I am
7-60 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
7-61 that it do not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in
7-62 lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
7-63 Parker,
7-64 Chairman
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7-66 WITNESSES
7-67 FOR AGAINST ON
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7-69 Name: Lena Guerrero x
7-70 Representing: Southwest Capitol Markets
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8-3 Name: Wendle Van Smith x
8-4 Representing: Self
8-5 City: Houston
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8-9 Name: Carl Davis x
8-10 Representing: Self
8-11 City: Houston
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8-13 Name: Reginald Gates x
8-14 Representing: Ft. Worth/Black Chambers
8-15 City: Ft. Worth
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8-17 Name: Dave Tovar x
8-18 Representing: SA Hispanic Chamber of Comm.
8-19 City: San Antonio
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8-21 Name: John Hernandez x
8-22 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
8-23 City: Austin
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8-25 Name: Esther Sepeda x
8-26 Representing: TAMACC
8-27 City: Austin
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8-29 Name: Rudy Colmenero x
8-30 Representing: TAMACC
8-31 City: Austin
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8-33 Name: Cesar Perez x
8-34 Representing: TAMACC
8-35 City: Rio Grande City
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8-37 Name: Jose A. Sena x
8-38 Representing: TAMACC/Dallas Hisp. Chamber
8-39 City: Dallas
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8-41 Name: Charlie Ponzio x
8-42 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
8-43 City: El Paso
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8-45 Name: Maricela Rodriguez Barr x
8-46 Representing: The Barr Company
8-47 City: Austin
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8-49 Name: Ernesto Chavarria x
8-50 Representing: TAMACC
8-51 City: Austin
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8-53 Name: Frances Cornejo x
8-54 Representing: J. P. Printing
8-55 City: Austin
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8-57 Name: Carol S. Hadnot x
8-58 Representing: Austin Black Contractors Ass.
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8-61 Name: Devoyd Jennings x
8-62 Representing: Tx. State Black Chambers
8-63 City: Ft. Worth
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8-65 Name: Richard Barth x
8-66 Representing: AGC of Texas
8-67 City: Austin
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8-69 Name: Martin Burrell x
8-70 Representing: DART
9-1 City: Dallas
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9-3 Name: Karen Box x
9-4 Representing: Cap. City Chambers of Comm.
9-5 City: Austin
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9-7 FOR AGAINST ON
9-8 ___________________________________________________________________
9-9 Name: Michael Von Ohlen x
9-10 Representing: Prism Development
9-11 City: Austin
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9-13 Name: Franklin D. Thomas x
9-14 Representing: Engercon Group
9-15 City: Dallas
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9-17 Name: David R. Pinkus x
9-18 Representing: Small Business United of TX
9-19 City: Austin
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9-21 Name: Joe Morin x
9-22 Representing: TAMACC
9-23 City: Austin
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9-25 Name: Marco A. Arredono x
9-26 Representing: Corpus Hispanic Chamber
9-27 City: Corpus Christi
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9-29 Name: Berto Guerra x
9-30 Representing: TAMACC
9-31 City: Austin
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9-33 Name: Lydia Marie Trevino x
9-34 Representing: SEGUIN
9-35 City: Seguin
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9-37 Name: Henry G. Flores x
9-38 Representing: Austin Hispanic Chamber
9-39 City: Austin
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9-41 Name: Ronald J. Alonzo x
9-42 Representing: Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber
9-43 City: Fort Worth
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9-45 Name: Jose F. Molina x
9-46 Representing: Odessa MANO
9-47 City: Odessa
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9-49 Name: Dan Sotomayor x
9-50 Representing: TAMACC, El Paso Chamber
9-51 City: El Paso
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9-53 Name: Larry E. Romero x
9-54 Representing: El Paso Hispanic Chamber
9-55 City: El Paso
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9-57 Name: Anthony D. Lyons x
9-58 Representing: Law office of Anthony D. Lyon
9-59 City: Dallas
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9-61 Name: Jesse Miranda x
9-62 Representing: Miranda, Inc.
9-63 City: Austin
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9-65 Name: Dan McNeil x
9-66 Representing: Texas Dept. of Commerce
9-67 City: Austin
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9-69 Name: Etta J. Mullin x
9-70 Representing: Self
10-1 City: Dallas
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10-3 Name: Wardaleen F. Belvin x
10-4 Representing: Lt. Governor's Office
10-5 City: Austin
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10-7 FOR AGAINST ON
10-8 ___________________________________________________________________
10-9 Name: John Pouland x
10-10 Representing: GSC
10-11 City: Austin
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