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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring minority impact statements for state agency |
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grant applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2060 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2060. MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR STATE AGENCY GRANTS |
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Sec. 2060.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Disabled individual" means an individual who has |
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a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits at least |
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one major life activity, who has a record of the impairment, or who |
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is regarded as having or having had the impairment. |
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(2) "Major life activity" includes functions such as |
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caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, |
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hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, or working. |
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(3) "Minority individual" includes a disabled |
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individual and an individual who is a woman, African American, |
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Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native. |
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(4) "State agency" means an office, board, commission, |
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agency, or other entity in the executive, judicial, or legislative |
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branch of state government. |
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Sec. 2060.002. MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED. An |
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applicant for a grant issued or administered by a state agency shall |
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include with the grant application a minority impact statement on a |
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form created under Section 2060.003 that contains: |
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(1) information about any disproportionate or unique |
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impact on minority individuals in this state by proposed policies |
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or programs funded by the grant; |
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(2) a rationale for the existence of any policies or |
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programs described by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) evidence of consultation with representatives of |
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minority individuals regarding a policy or program described by |
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Subdivision (1). |
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Sec. 2060.003. CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FORM. The |
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office of the governor shall create the minority impact statement |
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form, distribute the form to state agencies, and ensure that state |
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agencies include the form with other grant application forms. |
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Sec. 2060.004. COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL LAW. This chapter |
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applies to a grant applicant to the extent consistent with federal |
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law. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 2060, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a grant application submitted to a state agency |
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on or after January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |