* § 313. Opportunities for minority and women-owned business\nenterprises. 1. Goals and requirements for agencies and contractors.\nEach agency shall structure procurement procedures for contracts made\ndirectly or indirectly to minority and women-owned business enterprises,\nin accordance with the findings of the disparity study, consistent with\nthe purposes of this article, to attempt to achieve the recommended\nresults with regard to total annual statewide procurement in the\nfollowing industries:\n (a) construction industry for certified minority-owned business\nenterprises;\n (b) construction industry for certified women-owned business\nenterprises;\n (c) construction related professional services industry for certified\nminority-owned business enterprises;\n (d) construction related professional services industry for certified\nwomen-owned business enterprises;\n (e) non-construction related services industry for certified\nminority-owned business enterprises;\n (f) non-construction related services industry for certified\nwomen-owned business enterprises;\n (g) commodities industry for certified minority-owned business\nenterprises;\n (h) commodities industry for certified women-owned business\nenterprises;\n (i) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified\nminority-owned business enterprises;\n (j) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified\nwomen-owned business enterprises; and\n (k) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified\nminority, women-owned business enterprises.\n 1-a. The director shall ensure that each state agency has been\nprovided with an electronic copy of the disparity study.\n 1-b. Each agency shall develop and adopt agency-specific goals based\non the findings of the disparity study.\n 1-c. The goals set pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall\nbe consistent with the findings of the disparity study.\n 2. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations based on\nsubdivision one of this section and the findings of the disparity study\nthat provide measures and procedures to ensure that certified minority\nand women-owned businesses shall be given the opportunity for maximum\nfeasible participation in the performance of state contracts and to\nassist in the agency's identification of those state contracts for which\nminority and women-owned certified businesses may best bid to actively\nand affirmatively promote and assist their participation in the\nperformance of state contracts so as to facilitate the agency's\nachievement of the maximum feasible portion of the goals for state\ncontracts to such businesses.\n 2-a. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations that will\naccomplish the following:\n (a) provide for the certification and decertification of minority and\nwomen-owned business enterprises for all agencies through a single\nprocess that meets applicable requirements;\n (b) require that each contract solicitation document accompanying each\nsolicitation set forth the expected degree of minority and women-owned\nbusiness enterprise participation based, in part, on:\n (i) the potential subcontract opportunities available in the prime\nprocurement contract;\n (ii) the availability, as contained within the study, of certified\nminority and women-owned business enterprises to respond competitively\nto the potential subcontract opportunities as reflected in the\ndivision's directory of certified minority and women-owned business\nenterprises; and\n (iii) the findings of the disparity study;\n (c) require that each agency provide a current list of certified\nminority business enterprises to each prospective contractor or direct\nthem to the division's directory of certified minority and women-owned\nbusiness enterprises for such purpose;\n (d) allow a contractor that is a certified minority-owned or\nwomen-owned business enterprise to use the work it performs to meet\nrequirements for use of certif
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