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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part II – Annual Participation Goals">
  <section prefix="§" num="28-16" heading="Establishment.">
    <text>Annually, the Board of Estimates, with the advice of the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office, must review and establish the participation goals for Minority Business Enterprises and for Women’s Business Enterprises.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-098</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-606</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="28-17" heading="Purpose.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The purpose of the annual goals is to aid the City in its annual evaluation of the Program’s effectiveness.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Goals, not quotas.">Annual participation goals are not and may not be quotas.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-098</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-606</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="28-18 to 28-20" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
