Texas Transportation Code - Section 91.053. Small And Disadvantaged Businesses
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§ 91.053. SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES. (a) The
department shall:
(1) set goals for the award of contracts to small and
disadvantaged businesses and attempt to meet the goals;
(2) attempt to identify small and disadvantaged
businesses that provide or have the potential to provide supplies,
materials, equipment, or services to the department; and
(3) give small and disadvantaged businesses full
access to the department's contract bidding process and other
contracting processes, inform the businesses about those
processes, offer the businesses assistance concerning those
processes, and identify barriers to the businesses' participation
in those processes.
(b) This section does not exempt the department from
competitive bidding requirements imposed by other law.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, § 4.01, eff. June 21,
2003.
Section: 91.034 91.035 91.036 91.0361 91.037 91.051 91.052 91.053 91.054 91.071 91.072 91.073 91.074 91.075 91.091
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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