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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 620
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Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2007.
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CHAPTER 621
(House Bill 691)
AN ACT concerning
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Minority and Local Small
Business Enterprise Programs
MC/PG 104-07
FOR the purpose of requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
(WSSC) to establish a mandatory minority business utilization program by
resolution or regulation for certain purposes under certain circumstances;
requiring the regulations that establish a certain minority business utilization
program to contain certain provisions; requiring the WSSC to examine certain
certification programs to ensure that they adhere to certain guidelines before
accepting the certification programs; authorizing the WSSC to conduct a certain
fact-finding study under certain circumstances; requiring the WSSC to report
certain findings to certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring the
WSSC to issue a certain report to certain persons annually; establishing the
Office of Small, Local, and Minority Business Enterprise (Office) in the WSSC;
requiring the Office to administer certain minority and local small business
enterprise programs; establishing the Director of the Office; imposing certain
duties on the Office as to minority business enterprises; imposing certain duties
on the WSSC and a contractor as to compliance with certified minority business
enterprise subcontract participation goals; requiring a bid or proposal for
certain WSSC procurement contracts to include the expected degree of minority
business enterprise participation, based on certain factors, under certain
circumstances; requiring certain WSSC regulations to require a bid or proposal
for certain WSSC procurement contracts to include proof of certified minority
business enterprise commitment under certain circumstances; prohibiting the
use of a certain sheltered market program unless certain less restrictive
remedies have been used and found ineffective under certain circumstances;
providing for the awarding of a contract under a certain sheltered market
program under certain circumstances; altering the scope of certain business
eligibility criteria that the WSSC is required to adopt as to the local small
business enterprise program; defining certain terms; making the provisions of
this Act severable; making this Act an emergency measure; providing for the
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