HB 558

            
2020 SESSION

20100477D

HOUSE BILL NO. 558


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 6, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 15.2-965.2, relating to micro-businesses; local procurement.
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Patron-- Lindsey

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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 15.2-965.2 as follows:
 
 
� 15.2-965.2. Enhancement 
 of micro-business participation in local 
 procurement.
 
 
A. Any locality may enact an 
 ordinance to enhance micro-business participation in local 
 government procurement practices. Such measures may include 
 special designation of local micro-businesses, providing 
 technical support to micro-businesses, setting target goals for 
 micro-business participation in the local procurement process, and other 
 reasonable measures intended to promote micro-business participation in the 
 locality.
 
 
B. For purposes of this 
 section, "micro-business" means a small, women-owned, or 
 minority-owned business with no more than 25 employees.