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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of economically disadvantaged person for |
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the purposes of determining whether a business is a historically |
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underutilized business. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended |
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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) Subcontinent Asian Americans; |
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(vi) Native Americans; and |
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(vii) [(vi)] veterans as defined by 38 |
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U.S.C. 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) has suffered the effects of discriminatory |
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practices or other similar insidious circumstances over which the |
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person has no control. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |