1864                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 593

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(10)   St. Mary's City Commission

(11)   Community Development Administration

(12)   Seafood Marketing Authority and Division of
Market Development

(13)    Maryland Bicentennial Commission for the
Commemoration of the American Revolution

(14)   Division of Tourism

(15)   Commission on Afro—American History and

Culture

(16)      Commission on Indian Affairs

(17)       OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

(A)         DEFINITIONS.

THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED:

(1) "DISADVANTAGED PERSON" MEANS THOSE PERSONS

WHO HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND

MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE POSITION IN THE ECONOMY BECAUSE OF
SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

(2) "MINORITY BUSINESS___ENTERPRISE" MEANS A

BUSINESS, AT LEAST 50 PERCENT OF WHICH IS OWNED BY MINORITY

PERSONS, OR IN THE CASE OF PUBLICLY OWNED BUSINESSES, AT

LEAST 51 PERCENT OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED BY MINORITY

PERSONS.

(3) "MINORITY PERSON" MEANS ONE WHO IS A SOCIAL
OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSON. THE DISADVANTAGE MAY

ARISE FROM CULTURAL, RACIAL, CHRONIC ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

OF BACKGROUND, OR OTHER SIMILAR CAUSES. "MINORITY PERSON"

INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, NEGROES, FEMALES, PUERTO

RICANS, SPANISH SPEAKING AMERICANS, AMERICAN INDIANS,

ESKIMOS, ALEUTS, ORIENTALS, AND HANDICAPPED SHELTERED

ORIENTED WORKSHOPS.

(B) THERE IS AN OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.

(B) (C) THE SECRETARY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE

GOVERNOR, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, SHALL

APPOINT A DIRECTOR OF THIS OFFICE WHO SHALL CARRY OUT THE
VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS CREATED TO FOSTER GROWTH