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Amend CSHB 1935 by inserting the following new SECTIONS to the 
bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Subsection (a), Section 2155.505, Government 
Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision 
(3) to read as follows:
		(2)  "Small business" means a small business concern as 
defined by regulations of the United States Small Business 
Administration in 13 C.F.R. Section 121.201 or a veterans service 
agency.
		(3)  "Veterans service agency" means a community-based 
organization that:
			(A)  is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a), 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described in 
Section 501(c)(3) of that code;
			(B)  has as its principal purpose to provide 
housing, substance abuse treatment, case management services, and 
employment training to low-income veterans, disabled veterans, and 
homeless veterans and their families; and
			(C)  employs veterans to provide at least 75 
percent of the hours of direct labor by individuals required to 
produce goods or provide services required under a contract entered 
into under this section.
	SECTION __.  Subsection (a), Section 2155.505, Government 
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a contract for the 
procurement of goods and services for which the solicitation of 
bids or proposals, request for proposals, or similar required 
notification as to the goods or services is published on or after 
September 1, 2009.  A contract for the procurement of goods and 
services for which the solicitation of bids or proposals, request 
for proposals, or similar required notification as to the goods or 
services is published before September 1, 2009, is governed by the 
law in effect at the time the solicitation, request, or 
notification is published, and that law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	SECTION __.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.