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TX Govt Code § 2161.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties|Section 2161.062. Assistance to Historically Underutilized Businesses

Sec. 2161.062.  ASSISTANCE TO HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.  (a)  The comptroller shall seek the advice of the governor, legislature, and state agencies in identifying and developing opportunities for historically underutilized businesses.(b)  The comptroller shall offer historically underutilized businesses assistance and training regarding state procurement procedures.(c)  The comptroller shall advise historically underutilized businesses of available state contracts and shall advise historically underutilized businesses to apply for registration on the comptroller's master bidders list.(d)  The comptroller shall send historically underutilized businesses an orientation package on certification or recertification.  The package shall include:(1)  a certificate issued in the historically underutilized business's name;(2)  a description of the significance and value of certification;(3)  a list of state purchasing personnel;(4)  information regarding electronic commerce opportunities;(5)  information regarding the Texas Marketplace website; and(6)  additional information about the state procurement process.(e)  A state agency with a biennial budget that exceeds $10 million shall designate a staff member to serve as the historically underutilized businesses coordinator for the agency during the fiscal year.  The procurement director may serve as the coordinator.  In agencies that employ a historically underutilized businesses coordinator, the position of coordinator, within the agency's structure, must be at least equal to the position of procurement director.  In addition to any other responsibilities, the coordinator shall:(1)  coordinate training programs for the recruitment and retention of historically underutilized businesses;(2)  report required information to the comptroller; and(3)  match historically underutilized businesses with key staff within the agency.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 87, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties|Section 2161.063. Assisting State Agencies

Sec. 2161.063.  ASSISTING STATE AGENCIES.  (a)  The comptroller shall encourage state agencies to use historically underutilized businesses by:(1)  working with state agencies to establish a statewide policy for increasing the use of historically underutilized businesses;(2)  assisting state agencies in seeking historically underutilized businesses capable of supplying required goods or services;(3)  assisting state agencies in identifying and advising historically underutilized businesses on the types of goods and services the agencies need; and(4)  assisting state agencies in increasing the amount of business placed with historically underutilized businesses.(b)  The comptroller shall assist the Texas Department of Economic Development in performing the department's duties under Section 481.0068.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 87, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties|Section 2161.064. Directory

Sec. 2161.064.  DIRECTORY.  (a)  The comptroller shall compile, in the most cost-efficient form, a directory of businesses certified as historically underutilized businesses under Section 2161.061.(b)  The comptroller at least semiannually shall update the directory and provide access to the directory electronically or in another form to each state agency.(c)  Depending on the needs of a state agency, the comptroller shall provide access to the directory electronically or in another form.(d)  The comptroller shall provide a copy of the directory to every municipality in January and July of each year.  On request, the comptroller shall make the directory available to other local governments and the public.(e)  A state agency, including the comptroller, shall use the directory in determining awards of state purchasing and public works contracts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 87, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties|Section 2161.065. Mentor-Protege Program

Sec. 2161.065.  MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.  (a)  The comptroller shall design a mentor-protege program to foster long-term relationships between prime contractors and historically underutilized businesses and to increase the ability of historically underutilized businesses to contract with the state or to receive subcontracts under a state contract.  Each state agency with a biennial appropriation that exceeds $10 million shall implement the program designed by the comptroller.(b)  Participation in the program must be voluntary for both the contractor and the historically underutilized business subcontractor.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 88, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter B. General Powers and Duties|Section 2161.066. Historically Underutilized Business Forums

Sec. 2161.066.  HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS FORUMS.  (a)  The comptroller shall design a program of forums in which historically underutilized businesses are invited by state agencies to deliver technical and business presentations that demonstrate their capability to do business with the agency:(1)  to senior managers and procurement personnel at state agencies that acquire goods and services of a type supplied by the historically underutilized businesses; and(2)  to contractors with the state who may be subcontracting for goods and services of a type supplied by the historically underutilized businesses.(b)  The forums shall be held at state agency offices.(c)  Each state agency with a biennial appropriation that exceeds $10 million shall participate in the program by sending senior managers and procurement personnel to attend relevant presentations and by informing the agency's contractors about presentations that may be relevant to anticipated subcontracting opportunities.(d)  Each state agency that has a historically underutilized businesses coordinator shall:(1)  design its own program and model the program to the extent appropriate on the program developed by the comptroller under this section; and(2)  sponsor presentations by historically underutilized businesses at the agency.(e)  The comptroller and each state agency that has a historically underutilized businesses coordinator shall aggressively identify and notify individual historically underutilized businesses regarding opportunities to make a presentation regarding the types of goods and services supplied by the historically underutilized business and shall advertise in appropriate trade publications that target historically underutilized businesses regarding opportunities to make a presentation.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 89, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.121 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.121. Report of Contracts Awarded to Historically Underutilized Businesses

Sec. 2161.121.  REPORT OF CONTRACTS AWARDED TO HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.  (a)  The comptroller shall prepare a consolidated report that:(1)  includes the number and dollar amount of contracts awarded and paid to historically underutilized businesses certified by the comptroller;(2)  analyzes the relative level of opportunity for historically underutilized businesses for various categories of acquired goods and services; and(3)  tracks, by vendor identification number and, to the extent allowed by federal law, by social security number, the graduation rates for historically underutilized businesses that grew to exceed the size standards determined by the comptroller.(b)  Each state agency shall send to the comptroller information required by Section 2161.122 and other information required by the comptroller for the preparation of the comptroller's report not later than March 15 and September 15 of each year.(c)  The comptroller shall base its report on the compilation and analysis of reports received under Subsection (b) and other information maintained or received by the comptroller.(d)  The comptroller shall send to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature:(1)  on May 15 of each year, a report on the previous six-month period; and(2)  on November 15 of each year, a report on the preceding fiscal year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 2472), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 2472), Sec. 22(4), eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 99(22), eff. September 1, 2013.Reenacted and amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 90, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.122 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.122. Information Gathering by State Agency

Sec. 2161.122.  INFORMATION GATHERING BY STATE AGENCY.  (a)  To ensure accuracy in reporting, a state agency shall maintain and compile monthly information relating to the use by the agency and each of its operating divisions of historically underutilized businesses, including information regarding subcontractors and suppliers required by Subsection (b).(b)  A contractor or supplier awarded a contract by a state agency shall report to the agency the identity of each historically underutilized business to whom the contractor or supplier awarded a subcontract for the purchase of goods or services.(c)  Each state agency shall report to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2161.125 the following information with regard to the expenditure of both treasury and nontreasury funds:(1)  the total dollar amount of purchases and payments made under contracts awarded to historically underutilized businesses;(2)  the number of businesses participating in any issuance of state bonds by the agency;(3)  the number of contracts awarded to businesses with regard to the agency's acquisition, construction, or equipping of a facility or implementation of a program; and(4)  the number of bids, proposals, or other applicable expressions of interest made by historically underutilized businesses with regard to the agency's acquisition, construction, or equipping of a facility or implementation of a program.(d)  A state agency participating in a group purchasing program shall send to the comptroller in the agency's report under Section 2161.121 a separate list of purchases from historically underutilized businesses that are made through the group purchasing program, including the dollar amount of each purchase allocated to the reporting agency.(e)  A state agency's report is a record of the agency's purchases for which the agency selected the vendor.  If the vendor was selected by the comptroller as part of its state contract program, the comptroller shall include the purchase in the comptroller's report of its own purchases unless the comptroller made a sole source purchase for the agency under Section 2155.067.  The state agency for which the purchase was made shall report the selection of the vendor on its report as if the agency selected the vendor when the agency drew specifications for goods or services that are proprietary to one vendor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 1.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 91, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.124 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.124. State Agency Progress Reports

Sec. 2161.124.  STATE AGENCY PROGRESS REPORTS.  (a)  Each state agency, including the comptroller, shall prepare a report for each fiscal year documenting progress under its plan for increasing use of historically underutilized businesses.(b)  The comptroller shall develop a standard form for the report.(c)  The state agency shall file the report with the governor, lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 31 of each year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 93, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.125. Categorization of Historically Underutilized Businesses

Sec. 2161.125.  CATEGORIZATION OF HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. The comptroller, in cooperation with each state agency reporting under this subchapter, shall categorize each historically underutilized business included in a report under this subchapter by sex, race, and ethnicity and by whether the business qualifies as a historically underutilized business because it is owned or owned, operated, and controlled, as applicable, wholly or partly by one or more 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).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.24, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 194), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.126 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.126. Education and Outreach

Sec. 2161.126.  EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.  Before October 15 of each year, the comptroller shall report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives on the education and training efforts that the comptroller has made toward historically underutilized businesses.  The report must include the following as related to historically underutilized businesses:(1)  the comptroller's vision, mission, and philosophy;(2)  marketing materials and other educational materials distributed by the comptroller;(3)  the comptroller's policy regarding education, outreach, and dissemination of information;(4)  goals that the comptroller has attained during the fiscal year;(5)  the comptroller's goals, objectives, and expected outcome measures for each outreach and education event; and(6)  the comptroller's planned future initiatives on education and outreach.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 2472), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 94, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.127 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter C. Planning and Reporting Requirements|Section 2161.127. Legislative Appropriations Requests

Sec. 2161.127.  LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS.  (a)  Each state agency must include as part of its legislative appropriations request a detailed report for consideration by the budget committees of the legislature that shows the extent to which the agency complied with this chapter and rules of the comptroller adopted under this chapter during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted.  To the extent the state agency did not comply, the report must demonstrate the reasons for that fact.  The extent to which a state agency complies with this chapter and rules of the comptroller adopted under this chapter is considered a key performance measure for purposes of the appropriations process.(b)  The report under Subsection (a) must include:(1)  the agency's goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) for contracting with historically underutilized businesses during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted;(2)  a statement regarding whether the goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) were met during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted; and(3)  if the goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) were not met during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted:(A)  a statement of the percentage by which the agency's actual use of historically underutilized businesses deviated from the agency's goals; and(B)  an explanation of why the goals were not met.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.25, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 95, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.181 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter D. Purchasing Goals|Section 2161.181. Goals for Purchases of Goods and Services

Sec. 2161.181.  GOALS FOR PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES.  A state agency, including the comptroller, shall make a good faith effort to increase the contract awards for the purchase of goods or services that the agency expects to make during a fiscal year to historically underutilized businesses based on rules adopted by the comptroller to implement the disparity study described by Section 2161.002(c).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 1.26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 96, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.182 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter D. Purchasing Goals|Section 2161.182. Goals for Construction Contracts

Sec. 2161.182.  GOALS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.  (a)  A state agency that contracts for a construction project, including a project under Section 2166.003, shall make a good faith effort to increase the construction contract awards that the agency expects to make during a fiscal year to historically underutilized businesses based on rules adopted by the comptroller to implement the disparity study described by Section 2161.002(c).(b)  In this section, "project" has the meaning assigned by Section 2166.001.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 97, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.183 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter D. Purchasing Goals|Section 2161.183. Estimate of Expected Contract Awards

Sec. 2161.183.  ESTIMATE OF EXPECTED CONTRACT AWARDS.  (a)  Not later than the 60th day of its fiscal year, a state agency, including the comptroller:(1)  shall estimate the total value of contract awards the agency expects to make for that fiscal year that are subject to Section 2161.181; and(2)  shall estimate the total value of contract awards the agency expects to make for that fiscal year under Chapter 2166.(b)  The state agency may revise an estimate as new information requires.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.231 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter E. Penalty|Section 2161.231. Penalty

Sec. 2161.231.  PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  intentionally applies as a historically underutilized business for an award of a purchasing contract or public works contract under this subtitle;  and(2)  knows the person is not a historically underutilized business.(b)  An offense under this section is a third degree felony.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 2161.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2161 - Historically Underutilized Businesses|Subchapter F. Subcontracting|Section 2161.251. Applicability

Sec. 2161.251.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This subchapter applies to all contracts entered into by a state agency with an expected value of $100,000 or more, including:(1)  contracts for the acquisition of a good or service;  and(2)  contracts for or related to the construction of a public building, road, or other public work.(b)  This subchapter applies to the contract without regard to:(1)  whether the contract is otherwise subject to this subtitle;  or(2)  the source of funds for the contract, except that to the extent federal funds are used to pay for the contract, this subchapter does not apply if federal law prohibits the application of this subchapter in relation to the expenditure of federal funds.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|