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