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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled |
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veterans in determining whether a business is a historically |
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underutilized 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. Subdivision (3), Section 2161.001, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a |
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person who: |
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(A) is economically disadvantaged because of the |
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person's identification as a member of a certain group, including: |
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(i) Black Americans; |
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(ii)[,] Hispanic Americans; |
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(iii)[,] women; |
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(iv)[,] Asian Pacific Americans; |
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(v)[, and] Native Americans;[,] and |
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(vi) veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. |
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Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent |
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service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section |
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101(16); and |
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(B) [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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |