83R10105 CJC-D
 
  By: Springer H.B. No. 2522
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of economically disadvantaged person for
  purposes of certifying a business as a historically underutilized
  business.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2161.001(3), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (3)  "Economically disadvantaged person" means a
  person who is a member of a racial or ethnic group that comprises
  less than 50 percent of the state's population [economically
  disadvantaged because of the person's identification as a member of
  a certain group, including Black Americans, Hispanic Americans,
  women, Asian Pacific Americans, and Native Americans, and who has
  suffered the effects of discriminatory practices or other similar
  insidious circumstances over which the person has no control].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the certification of a business as a historically underutilized
  business under Chapter 2161, Government Code, occurring on or after
  the effective date of this Act. The certification of a business as
  a historically underutilized business occurring before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the
  time the certification occurred, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.