Sec. 335.076. CONTRACTS WITH HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES. (a) This section applies only in relation to an approved venue project constructed and operated under the authority of a district in a county with a population of more than two million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million.

(b) In this section, "historically underutilized business" has the meaning assigned by Section 2161.001, Government Code.

(c) A district shall make a good faith effort to increase the contracts the district awards to historically underutilized businesses for the construction of a venue project. The district shall make the good faith effort in the same manner, based on the same rules, and under the same conditions as a state agency under Section 2161.182, Government Code.

(d) A district shall make a good faith effort to increase the contracts the district awards to historically underutilized businesses for the purchase of goods and services relating to the construction or operation of a venue project. The district shall make the good faith effort in the same manner, based on the same rules, and under the same conditions as a state agency under Section 2161.181, Government Code.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 164, Sec. 7, eff. May 27, 2003.