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| 1 | - | 86R25029 SRA-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Meza, Button H.B. No. 1566 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1566: | |
| 4 | - | By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 1566 | |
| 1 | + | By: Meza H.B. No. 1566 | |
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | - | relating to the | |
| 10 | - | | |
| 11 | - | underutilized business. | |
| 6 | + | relating to the consideration of ownership interests of certain | |
| 7 | + | persons in determining whether a business is a historically | |
| 8 | + | underutilized business for purposes of state contracting. | |
| 12 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended | |
| 14 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 12 | (3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a | |
| 16 | 13 | person who: | |
| 17 | 14 | (A) is economically disadvantaged because of the | |
| 18 | 15 | person's identification as a member of a certain group, including: | |
| 19 | 16 | (i) Black Americans; | |
| 20 | 17 | (ii) Hispanic Americans; | |
| 21 | 18 | (iii) women; | |
| 22 | - | (iv) Asian Pacific Americans; | |
| 23 | - | (v) Subcontinent Asian Americans; | |
| 24 | - | (vi) Native Americans; and | |
| 25 | - | (vii) [(vi)] veterans as defined by 38 | |
| 26 | - | U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent | |
| 19 | + | (iv) Asian [Pacific] Americans; | |
| 20 | + | (v) Native Americans; and | |
| 21 | + | (vi) veterans as defined by 38 U.S.C. | |
| 22 | + | Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent | |
| 27 | 23 | service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section | |
| 28 | - | 101(16); and | |
| 29 | - | (B) has suffered the effects of discriminatory | |
| 30 | - | practices or other similar insidious circumstances over which the | |
| 31 | - | person has no control. | |
| 24 | + | 101(16); | |
| 32 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |