81R1289 MCK-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 268
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to considering 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. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a
person who is economically disadvantaged because of the person's
identification as a member of a certain group, including Black
Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, Asian Pacific Americans,
[and] Native Americans, and 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 who has suffered the effects of
discriminatory practices or other similar insidious circumstances
over which the person has no control.
SECTION 2. Section 2161.125, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2161.125. CATEGORIZATION BY SEX, RACE, AND ETHNICITY.
The comptroller, in cooperation with each state agency reporting
under this subchapter, shall categorize each historically
underutilized business included in a report under this subchapter
by sex, race, and ethnicity and by whether the historically
underutilized business derives its status as a historically
underutilized business because it is owned or owned, operated, and
controlled, as applicable, wholly or partly by one or more 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).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.