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| 1 | 1 | 87R1600 RDS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Meza H.B. No. 257 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the definition of economically disadvantaged person for | |
| 8 | 8 | the purposes of determining whether a business is a historically | |
| 9 | 9 | underutilized business. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (3) "Economically disadvantaged person" means a | |
| 14 | 14 | person who: | |
| 15 | 15 | (A) is economically disadvantaged because of the | |
| 16 | 16 | person's identification as a member of a certain group, including: | |
| 17 | 17 | (i) Black Americans; | |
| 18 | 18 | (ii) Hispanic Americans; | |
| 19 | 19 | (iii) women; | |
| 20 | 20 | (iv) Asian Pacific Americans; | |
| 21 | 21 | (v) Subcontinent Asian Americans; | |
| 22 | 22 | (vi) Native Americans; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (vii) [(vi)] veterans as defined by 38 | |
| 24 | 24 | U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent | |
| 25 | 25 | service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section | |
| 26 | 26 | 101(16); and | |
| 27 | 27 | (B) has suffered the effects of discriminatory | |
| 28 | 28 | practices or other similar insidious circumstances over which the | |
| 29 | 29 | person has no control. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |