(a) The department will obtain the Texas Historically Underutilized Business Certification Directory from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts to identify minority and female-owned businesses certified as HUBs in the state.
(b) The department will use the directory to solicit bids from such businesses on all contract and open market purchases for which it has jurisdiction to contract pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 2155.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.73 adopted to be effective January 31, 1994, 19 TexReg 345; amended to be effective June 16, 2004, 29 TexReg 5780; amended to be effective June 29, 2008, 33 TexReg 4866; amended to be effective January 29, 2023, 48 TexReg 347