Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting Section 1-30-125(A)(15), as contained in SECTION 4, and inserting:
/ (15) Division of Small and Minority Business Contracting and Certification as established by Section 11-35-5270, formerly known as the Small and Minority Business Assistance Office; and /
Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 11-35-5270, as contained in SECTION 7V., Part V, and inserting:
/ Section 11-35-5270.
A Small and Minority Business Assistance Office
(SMBAO) shall The Division of Small and Minority
Business Contracting and Certification must be established
within the Department of Administration to assist the
board Department of Administration and
the Department of Revenue in carrying out the intent of this
article. The responsibilities of the division
shall include, but are not
be limited to, the following:
(1)
Assist assisting the chief
procurement officers and governmental bodies in developing
policies and procedures which will facilitate awarding contracts
to small and minority firms;
(2)
Assist assisting the chief
procurement officers in aiding small and minority-owned firms
and community-based business in developing organizations to
provide technical assistance to minority firms;
(3)
Assist assisting with the
procurement and management training for small and minority firm
owners;
(4)
Assist assisting in the
identification of responsive small and minority firms;
(5) Receive and
process receiving and processing applications to
be registered as a minority firm in accordance with Section
11-35-5230(B);
(6) create a new
Uniform Certification System to streamline the certification
process and reduce the redundancy in certifying women and
minority-owned businesses and create a centralized small and
minority business contracting and certification database.
(7)
The SMBAO may revoke revoking the
certification of any firm which that has
been found to have engaged in any of the following:
(a)
fraud or deceit in obtaining the certification;
(b)
furnishing of substantially inaccurate or incomplete
information concerning ownership or financial status;
(c)
failure to report changes which affect the requirements
for certification;
(d)
gross negligence, incompetence, financial
irresponsibility, or misconduct in the practice of his business;
or
(e)
wilful violation of any provision of this article.
(7)(8)
After a period of one year, the
SMBAO division may reissue a certificate
of eligibility provided acceptable evidence has been presented
to the commission that the conditions which caused the
revocation have been corrected." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.