87R1600 RDS-F
By: Meza H.B. No. 257
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of economically disadvantaged person for
the purposes of determining whether a business is a historically
underutilized business.
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:
(A) is economically disadvantaged because of the
person's identification as a member of a certain group, including:
(i) Black Americans;
(ii) Hispanic Americans;
(iii) women;
(iv) Asian Pacific Americans;
(v) Subcontinent Asian Americans;
(vi) Native Americans; and
(vii) [(vi)] veterans as defined by 38
U.S.C. Section 101(2) who have suffered at least a 20 percent
service-connected disability as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section
101(16); and
(B) has suffered the effects of discriminatory
practices or other similar insidious circumstances over which the
person has no control.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.