81R762 BEF-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 931
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring minority impact statements for state agency
grant applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2060 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2060. MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR STATE AGENCY GRANTS
Sec. 2060.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Disabled individual" means an individual who has
a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits at least
one major life activity, who has a record of the impairment, or who
is regarded as having or having had the impairment.
(2) "Major life activity" includes functions such as
caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing,
hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, or working.
(3) "Minority individual" includes a disabled
individual and an individual who is a woman, African American,
Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native.
(4) "State agency" means an office, board, commission,
agency, or other entity in the executive, judicial, or legislative
branch of state government.
Sec. 2060.002. MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED. An
applicant for a grant issued or administered by a state agency shall
include with the grant application a minority impact statement on a
form created under Section 2060.003 that contains:
(1) information about any disproportionate or unique
impact on minority individuals in this state by proposed policies
or programs funded by the grant;
(2) a rationale for the existence of any policies or
programs described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) evidence of consultation with representatives of
minority individuals regarding a policy or program described by
Subdivision (1).
Sec. 2060.003. CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FORM. The
office of the governor shall create the minority impact statement
form, distribute the form to state agencies, and ensure that state
agencies include the form with other grant application forms.
Sec. 2060.004. COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL LAW. This chapter
applies to a grant applicant to the extent consistent with federal
law.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2060, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a grant application submitted to a state agency
on or after January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.