to the most receni f&ml w, and (2) more than 35 hcoqwmted nmniciplities awarding to lhe most recent fm censusfrom adopting a program or programs designed to reasonably increase participation by minority business entaprises in public contract
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awards. If,aspartofaprogramdescriibythissubdiion,the governing body of such a municipalityestabljshes a goal of haying a cettain~ofitspubliccontmctawsrdsmadetominority busirmsentapri#s,thegavaningbody~luseaquali6edin- hmtseaudittoestablishtowhatatentminoritybudnessent~ inthemunicipality~rvrilabletonceiverwardsforeachofthe vatiotts kinds of wnuntuion of public commcts that will be marded. The pmwtage goal shall not cxcd the wailabiity of minority business entepisesinthemunicipalityas determined by the ins-huw audit.
Id. 8 1, at 2423 (emphasis added). House Bii 338 did not contain a provision similar to section 112(b)in Senate Bii 992.
Fpstyou~ia~~,whaherornotthesetwolmmdmaascwfli*,md,it they do, which amendment pmvails. We conclude that the two amendments conflict. While amdment A would extend §ion (c)'s exception to the general prohibition &nst discMi&on in section 106.001 only to municipalitieswith a pop&ion of one millionormon~tothemortrrcmtfedaalcawr,MendmmtBwoYldaaend it to municipalitieswith "a popukion of 465.000 or more accordmg to the most recent federal census or home-rule municipalit[ies] located in a county wmaining: (1) a popdation of more that 465.000 according to tbe most recent federal census; and (2) more than 35 incoqmrated municipalitiesaccording to the most recent federal census." In dditi09 unendmwt A requim municiptditiesto use "a qua&d independent source" to establish the extent to which tttbhy business enterprims in the municipalityare available to~wntnas~~rwndmartBwouldrrquirrnnmi~~esto~"a fpdilkd in-house audit"for this purpose.3 Because amendmentB extends the exception toabroadaclasJofmunicipaliriesthndasunendmentAMdusesthetam"in-house audit" rather than the term %tdependent 8ource" used in attmdment 44 the two mendmaa wnflict.
We also conclude that. to the extent they wntlict, amendment B pm& over amendment A Section 112(b) of Senate Bii 992 expressly provides that to the extent that akwenactedbythefZdLegisLturrduringits1991regukrserdonw~~withthat~ wfiichindudes~mdmaaA,theatha&wpmrails,~~oftherelative~esof enactment or the relative eiktive dates." As you point orrt, section 311.025(b) of the Code Construction Act provides that "if amendments to the same statute are enacted at the tame session of the legislature, one amendment without reference to another, the amendmwts shall be hannoniz4& if possible, so that e&t may be given to each. If the amwdments are irreconcilable, the latest in date of enactment prevails." Go+t Code 5 311.025(b). Under this rule, amendment A, the amendment with the later enactment
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~~wwldpmrail;bowmr.webelieve~theCodeConstrudionActnrleis inapplicable in these ckmsmqw. Ajthough this de of tMutory construction applies whenw~~Mleadmmtsmdlmtontheiuue,this~notthecarehae. Inenacting ~onllZ(b)ofSenateBill992,thel~~~yacpnsteditsintcntwith~to thtpropacouncrhouldrprovirianofthrtLwMdrnothakwldoptedintheMme aessionwntiict. ~rpecificinsauctionsinreaiaa112@)p~owtbemongwaal rule qmssed in section3 11.025(b)of the Code Construction Act. Therefore, to the extatttheywnflict.wtwdmwt BprmmilsoveramendmwtA
Nat, you ask what the term "in-houseaudit"means as used in subsection (c)(2) of section 106.001 ofthe Cii Practice and Remedies Code. prior to 1991. subsection (c)(2) used the tam %dependent source." Se Acts 1987.7Oth Leg., ch. 1058, 0 1, at 3590. The term "independentsource" was replaced by the tenit 'in-house audit" by House Bill 338 in 1991. See Acts 1991.72d Leg., ch. 665,s 1. at 2423. The term "in-house audit" washttm&wdaspartofawmmitteesubatiMebii. Inexplainingthisaapectofthe comtnittw substiMe bill, hpmwtah Cmtky, the author of House Bii 338. stated that tbesettingofthepewwmge god for minority bushess cntaprisc participation