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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans in |
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determining whether a business is a historically underutilized |
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business for purposes of state contracting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a |
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person who is economically disadvantaged because of the person's |
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identification as a member of a certain group, including Black |
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Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, Asian Pacific Americans, |
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[and] Native Americans, and veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. |
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Section 101(2) who have a service-connected disability as defined |
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by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(16), and who has suffered the effects of |
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discriminatory practices or other similar insidious circumstances |
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over which the person has no control. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2161.125, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2161.125. CATEGORIZATION BY SEX, RACE, AND ETHNICITY. |
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The comptroller, in cooperation with each state agency reporting |
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under this subchapter, shall categorize each historically |
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underutilized business included in a report under this subchapter |
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by sex, race, and ethnicity and by whether the historically |
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underutilized business derives its status as a historically |
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underutilized business because it is owned or owned, operated, and |
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controlled, as applicable, wholly or partly by one or more veterans |
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as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have a service-connected |
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disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(16). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |