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Amend CSSB 312 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 201.120 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.120. CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to provide goals for increasing the contract awards for the purchase of goods or services by the department to businesses that are owned or owned, operated, and controlled, as applicable, wholly or partly by one or more persons with a disability as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 12102.
(b) The goals established under Subsection (a) are in addition to any goals established under Chapter 2161, Government Code, and the goals established under Chapter 2161, Government Code, may not be reduced as a result of the establishment of goals under this section.