Declaration of policy.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 15-183
in effectSec. 15-183. - Declaration of policy.
(a) It is the policy of the city to stimulate the growth of local veteran-owned small businesses, including service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, by encouraging the full participation of such businesses in all phases of its procurement activities and by affording them a full and fair opportunity to compete for all city contracts. The purposes and objectives of this article are:
(1) To increase the utilization of local VOSB enterprises to provide goods and services; and
(2) To provide opportunities for local VOSB enterprises to broaden and enhance their range of capacities; and
(3) To increase opportunities for local VOSB enterprises to serve as contractors for the supply of goods and services to the city, in addition to acting as subcontractors to others.
(b) This article is intended to be remedial in nature and to continue only until its purposes and objectives are met as determined by regular periodic reviews.
(c) This article is not intended to duplicate, supplement or overlap in any fashion any state or federal program providing aid or assistance to veterans, or to entities that aid or assist veterans, with respect to rehabilitation, employment, job training, housing, economic or medical assistance and shall be construed and applied in a manner entirely separate from and independent of any such state or federal program.
(Ord. No. 2025-378, § 17(Exh. A), 5-7-2025)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH15CO_ARTXIIVENEBUEN_S15-183DEPOFetched: 10/26/2026