{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2155.505","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2155.505","heading":"HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED AND SMALL BUSINESSES.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Historically underutilized business\" has the meaning assigned by Section 2161.001.\n(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.\n(3) \"Veterans service agency\" means a community-based organization that:\n(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;\n(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\n(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.\n(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.\n(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:\n(1) the contract is on a schedule developed under Section 2155.502;\n(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\n(3) the historically underutilized business or small business provides that written authorization to the comptroller.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 604 (S.B. 327), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 2155. PURCHASING: GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES","SUBCHAPTER I. MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACT SCHEDULE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2155.htm#2155.505","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3b6bac33f21f1932f430aba4bf30e4c1c7c7bea567fead08c04aa29659986c16","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2155.504","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2155.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}