Sec. 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 and 451.111 , 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.
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