Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 9 - CONTRACT AND GRANT MANAGEMENT
Subchapter K - SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (SBE) PROGRAM
Section 9.305 - Application for SBE Certification

(a) To be certified as an SBE, a firm must submit to the department, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, a written application on a form prescribed by the department that affirms under penalty of perjury that the firm qualifies as an SBE.

(b) A firm certified as a DBE by any certifying partner of the TUCP will be automatically certified as an SBE by the department. The department will certify as an SBE any firm that is currently certified as a DBE in the TUCP directory maintained by the department and has not already been certified as an SBE. A HUB certified by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts will be certified as an SBE on request.

(c) If requested by the department, an applicant must provide the requested materials and information necessary to demonstrate the qualifications as an SBE.

(d) A firm seeking certification has the burden of demonstrating by a preponderance of the evidence that it meets the certification standards.