Bill Text: OH HB465 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require the Director of Administrative Services to establish a procurement program for veteran-owned small business enterprises.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - To Veterans Affairs [HB465 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB465-Introduced.html
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Representatives Martin, Pryor
Cosponsors:
Representatives Blessing, Combs, Domenick, Evans, Fende, Gardner, Garland, Lehner, Maag, Newcomb, Phillips, Wachtmann
| To enact section 123.12 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the Director of Administrative Services to | 2 |
| establish a procurement program for veteran-owned | 3 |
| small business enterprises. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 123.12 of the Revised Code be enacted | 5 |
| to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 123.12. (A) As used in this section: | 7 |
| (1) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of | 8 |
| the Revised Code. | 9 |
| (2) "Veteran" means a person who served in the active | 10 |
| military, naval, or air service of the United States or reserve | 11 |
| components thereof, the Ohio national guard, the Ohio military | 12 |
| reserve, or the Ohio naval militia, and who was discharged or | 13 |
| released under conditions other than dishonorable. | 14 |
| (3) "Veteran-owned small business enterprise" means a sole | 15 |
| proprietorship, association, partnership, corporation, limited | 16 |
| liability company, or joint venture that is owned and controlled | 17 |
| by one or more veterans and is certified as a participant in the | 18 |
| veteran-owned small business program by the director of | 19 |
| administrative services under this section. | 20 |
| (B) The director of administrative services shall establish | 21 |
| the veteran-owned small business procurement program. The director | 22 |
| shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to | 23 |
| administer the program that do all of the following: | 24 |
| (1) Establish procedures by which a sole proprietorship, | 25 |
| association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, | 26 |
| or joint venture may apply for certification as a veteran-owned | 27 |
| small business enterprise; | 28 |
| (2) Establish standards to determine when a veteran-owned | 29 |
| small business enterprise no longer qualifies for veteran-owned | 30 |
| small business enterprise certification; | 31 |
| (3) Establish annual state agency procurement goals for | 32 |
| contracting with veteran-owned small business enterprises in the | 33 |
| award of contracts for goods and services under the Revised Code | 34 |
| based on the availability of veteran-owned small business | 35 |
| enterprises; | 36 |
| (4) Develop a process for evaluating and adjusting | 37 |
| procurement goals established under this section as necessary to | 38 |
| achieve participation goals established by the director; | 39 |
| (5) Establish a system to assist state agencies in | 40 |
| identifying and utilizing veteran-owned small business enterprises | 41 |
| in their contracting processes; | 42 |
| (6) Implement an outreach program to educate potential | 43 |
| participants about the veteran-owned small business program; and | 44 |
| (7) Establish a process for monitoring state agency overall | 45 |
| compliance with procurement goals established under this section. | 46 |
| The director shall consider the applicable provisions of the | 47 |
| Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (Pub. L. No. 108-183) in order to | 48 |
| adopt rules that are consistent with that act. | 49 |
