| 1 | 1 | | 88R14537 LRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 4937 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to reporting on state contracts awarded to new businesses. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2155, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 2155.092 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 2155.092. REPORTING CONTRACTS WITH NEW BUSINESS. (a) |
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| 12 | 12 | | In this section, "new business" means a business that has been in |
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| 13 | 13 | | operation for less than five years and has its principal place of |
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| 14 | 14 | | business in this state. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Not later than September 1 of each year, the comptroller |
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| 16 | 16 | | shall file a report with the legislature that identifies: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the number of state contracts awarded to new |
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| 18 | 18 | | businesses during the previous year; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the dollar value of all state contracts awarded to |
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| 20 | 20 | | new businesses during the previous year; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) the number of state contracts awarded to new |
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| 22 | 22 | | businesses that qualify as a historically underutilized business, |
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| 23 | 23 | | as defined by Section 2161.001, during the previous year; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the geographic area of the state, including the |
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| 25 | 25 | | city and county, where each new business awarded a state contract in |
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| 26 | 26 | | the previous year is located; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) the percentage of all state contracts awarded to |
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| 28 | 28 | | new businesses during the previous year; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) the percentage of the total dollar value of all |
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| 30 | 30 | | state contracts awarded to new businesses during the previous year. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) As part of the report required by Subsection (b) that |
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| 32 | 32 | | must be filed before September 1, 2024, the comptroller, in |
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| 33 | 33 | | conjunction with the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office |
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| 34 | 34 | | within the office of the governor, shall make recommendations to |
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| 35 | 35 | | improve access by new businesses to state contracting, including |
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| 36 | 36 | | new businesses owned by statistically underrepresented demographic |
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| 37 | 37 | | groups and in statistically underrepresented geographic areas of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the state. This subsection expires January 1, 2025. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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