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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to planning and administration of the state's historically |
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underutilized business program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2161.002(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) In adopting rules to administer this chapter, the |
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comptroller [commission] shall adopt rules that are based on the |
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results of the disparity study commissioned by the comptroller and |
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["State of Texas Disparity Study, A Report to the Texas Legislature
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as Mandated by H.B. 2626, 73rd Legislature, December 1994"(] |
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prepared by Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd. [National Economic
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Research Associates, Inc.).] The comptroller [commission] shall |
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revise the rules in response to the findings of any updates of the |
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study that are prepared on behalf of the state. |
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SECTION 2. The comptroller shall commission a disparity |
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study to be prepared by Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd., and |
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delivered to the comptroller not later than December 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2012, the comptroller |
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shall adopt rules under Section 2161.002(c), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |