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Tex. Transp. Code § 451.251 (2026)
Contract Goals For Disadvantaged Businesses
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Sec. 451.251. CONTRACT GOALS FOR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES. An authority that does not have an up-to-date disadvantaged business enterprise program, as defined by 49 C.F.R. Part 23, to assist minorities and women in participating in authority contracts should establish goals for that participation. The recommended contract goals are:
(1) 17 percent for construction, 11 percent for purchasing, and 24 percent for professional services; or
(2) the weighted average equivalent of the categories in Subdivision (1).
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1996–1997 · leading case: Houston Contractors Ass'n v. Metro. Transit Auth. of Harris Cty., 993 F. Supp. 545 (S.D. Tex. 1997).
Houston Contractors Ass'n v. Metro. Transit Auth. of Harris Cty., 993 F. Supp. 545 (S.D. Tex. 1997). “42 , See Tex. Transp. Code § 451.251 (1996). 43 . Tex.”
Houston Contractors Ass'n v. Metro. Transit Auth. of Harris Cty., 984 F. Supp. 1027 (S.D. Tex. 1997). “See Tex Trans. Code § 451.251 (1996). 43 . Tex.”
Houston Contractors Ass'n v. Metro. Transit Auth., 945 F. Supp. 1013 (S.D. Tex. 1996). “See Tex.Trans.Code Ann. § 451.251 (1996). Although it might be legitimate for Texas to adopt a program aimed at curing the persistent effects of its own historical discrimination, that is not part of the power allocated to Metro.”
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