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.

SUMMARY: 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.

FULL TEXT:
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.