The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the authority and responsibility to promote full and equal business opportunities for all businesses in an effort to remedy disparity in state procurement and contracting in accordance with the HUB goals specified in the State of Texas Disparity Study. The State of Texas and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) encourage the use of historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) and implement this responsibility without bias regarding race, ethnicity, or gender.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §101.201 adopted to be effective March 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 1706