Bill Text: TX SB116 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [SB116 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB116-Engrossed.html

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By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 116

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the consideration of ownership interests of disabled
veterans in determining whether a business is a historically
underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (3), Section 2161.001, 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)[, and] Native Americans;[,] and
(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) [who] 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, 2013.