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HB 1858 Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; certification of certain businesses.

Introduced by: Alfonso H. Lopez | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt regulations that mandate certification without any additional paperwork of any small, women-owned, or minority-owned business that has obtained certification under any federal small, women-owned, and minority-owned business certification program.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt regulations that provide a process for evaluating existing certification programs of other states, the District of Columbia, and territories of the United States, in addition to evaluating existing local, state, and private sector certification programs that meet the minimum requirements established by the Department for certification of small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses, and to mandate certification without any additional paperwork of any such business that has obtained certification under any of those certification programs and any business that has obtained certification under any federal certification program.