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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 2155.505. Historically Underutilized and Small Businesses

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Historically underutilized business” has the meaning assigned by Section 2161.001.

(2) “Small business” means a small business concern as defined by regulations of the United States Small Business Administration in 13 C.F.R. Section 121.201 or a veterans service agency.

(3) “Veterans service agency” means a community-based organization that:

(A) is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of that code;

(B) has as its principal purpose to provide housing, substance abuse treatment, case management services, and employment training to low-income veterans, disabled veterans, and homeless veterans and their families; and

(C) employs veterans to provide at least 75 percent of the hours of direct labor by individuals required to produce goods or provide services required under a contract entered into under this section.

(b) The comptroller shall strongly encourage each vendor with a contract listed on a schedule developed under this subchapter and who is not a historically underutilized business or small business to use historically underutilized or small businesses to sell or provide a service under the contract. If a vendor does not make a good faith effort to use historically underutilized and small businesses under the contract, the comptroller may exclude the vendor from being listed on a schedule developed under this subchapter.

(c) A historically underutilized business or small business may sell or provide a service under another vendor's contract listed on a schedule developed under this subchapter if:

(1) the contract is on a schedule developed under Section 2155.502;

(2) the vendor for the contract authorizes in writing the historically underutilized business or small business to sell or provide a service under that contract; and

(3) the historically underutilized business or small business provides that written authorization to the comptroller.

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