Tex.
Transp. Code Section 451.253
Minority and Women-owned Business Program: Certain Authorities
(a)
An authority with a regional economic development facility approved under Subchapter E may establish a program reasonably designed to increase the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in public contracts awarded by the authority, and if the program is established, the board shall provide a plan to assist minority and women-owned businesses in the area served by the authority to achieve the purposes of the program. If the board establishes an overall minority and women-owned business contract percentage goal as a part of the program, the goal may not exceed the capability of the minority and women-owned businesses in the area served by the authority to perform the number and type of contracts awarded by the authority, as determined by a qualified, independent source.(b)
The board shall periodically review the effectiveness of the program and the reasonableness of the program goals.(c)
This section does not affect Sections 451.110 (Purchases: Competitive Bidding) and 451.111 (Purchases: Notice of Noncompetitive Bid Proposals), but prospective bidders may be required to meet uniform standards designed to assure a reasonable degree of participation by minority and women-owned businesses in the performance of any contract.(d)
In this section:(1)
“Minority” includes blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, American Indians, and Alaska natives.(2)
“Minority business” means a business concern more than 50 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by members of one or more minorities.(3)
“Women-owned business” means a business concern more than 50 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by one or more women.
Source:
Section 451.253 — Minority and Women-owned Business Program: Certain Authorities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm#451.253 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
