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	Amend HB 2559 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 802, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 802.1035 to read as follows:
	Sec. 802.1035.  ANNUAL WOMEN AND MINORITY PARTICIPATION 
REPORT.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Minority-owned business" means a business entity 
at least 51 percent of which is owned by minority group members or, 
in the case of a corporation, at least 51 percent of the shares of 
which are owned by minority group members, and that is managed and, 
in daily operations, controlled by minority group members.
		(2)  "Minority group members" includes:                                
			(A)  African Americans;                                               
			(B)  American Indians;                                                
			(C)  Asian Americans;                                                 
			(D)  Americans of Hispanic origin; and                                
			(E)  persons with disabilities.                                       
		(3)  "Women-owned business" means a business entity at 
least 51 percent of which is owned by women or, in the case of a 
corporation, at least 51 percent of the shares of which are owned by 
women, and that is managed and controlled by women in its daily 
operations.
	(b)  The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall 
annually, in accordance with rules adopted by the board, submit to 
the board a report regarding the participation by minority-owned 
and women-owned businesses in the management and investment of the 
assets of the system.  At a minimum, the report must detail 
participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses, 
including the participation of minority-owned and women-owned 
financial services firms, expressed as a percentage of the total 
assets under management by outside business entities under contract 
with the system.  The report must separately detail types of 
financial services firms and asset classes.
	(c)  This section does not require a person to disclose the 
person's sex, race, ethnicity, or disabled status as a condition of 
contracting with the Employees Retirement System of Texas.