With respect to a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client’s status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business is not affected because the client has entered into a professional employer services agreement with a license holder or uses the services of a license holder.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 771, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2013.