78R7117 JSA-D

By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 1006



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring state institutions of higher education to 
develop plans for increasing the use of historically underutilized 
businesses in purchasing and contracting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2161.123(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  Each state agency, including the commission, that is 
required to have a [shall prepare as part of its] strategic plan 
under Chapter 2056 shall include in its strategic plan a written 
plan for increasing the agency's use of historically underutilized 
businesses in purchasing and public works contracting.  The 
governing board of each university system or institution of higher 
education not included in a university system, other than a public 
junior college, shall prepare a written plan for increasing the use 
of historically underutilized businesses in purchasing and public 
works contracting by the system or institution.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.