Bill Text: VA HB1194 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; establishment of state purchasing program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in General Laws [HB1194 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB1194-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1194 Offered January 16, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-1609.1, relating to the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; establishment of minority-owned and women-owned state purchasing program. ---------- Patron-- James (By Request) ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1609.1 as follows:

§2.2-1609.1. Establishment of minority-owned and women-owned procurement program.

The Department shall, in conjunction with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Department of Transportation, develop a program, consistent with prevailing law, establishing a requirement that at least 15 percent of all state purchases be made from minority-owned or women-owned businesses that are also certified as small businesses pursuant to this chapter.