By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 116

(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2012; January 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization; February 25, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; February 25, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subdivision (3), Section 2161.001, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a person who:

(A) is economically disadvantaged because of the person's identification as a member of a certain group, including:

(i) Black Americans;

(ii)[,] Hispanic Americans;

(iii)[,] women;

(iv)[,] Asian Pacific Americans;

(v)[, and] Native Americans;[,] and

(vi) veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have a service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101(16); and

(B) [who] has suffered the effects of discriminatory practices or other similar insidious circumstances over which the person has no control.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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