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<section number="10A-158.08" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-10a-158.08" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10APU_DIV6SPPR_SD17PODETOCO_S10A-158.08DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Contractor, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(12), means any business or person having a written contract with the County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>County-based minority business enterprise, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(13.2), means a business that is both:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a minority business enterprise as certified by the Supplier Development and Diversity Division; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a County-based business in accordance with Section 10A-163 of this Subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>County-based small business, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(13.3), means a business that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>(i) meets the requirements of Section 10A-163(b) of this Subtitle and (ii) whose application for certification as a County-based small business is approved by the Purchasing Agent; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is a County-based minority business enterprise that meets the requirements of Section 10A-163(g) of this Subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Minority business enterprise, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(26), means any business enterprise:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Which is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned by one or more minority individuals, or, in the case of any publicly-owned corporation, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of which is owned by one or more minority individuals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Whose general management and daily business affairs and essential productive operations are controlled by one or more minority individuals; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Which has been certified by the Supplier Development and Diversity Division as a Minority Business Enterprise pursuant to Division 6 of this Subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Minority individuals, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(27), are those who have been subjected to prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as a member of a group in terms of race, color, ethnic origin, or gender, without regard to their individual capabilities. Minority individuals are limited to members of the following groups:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>African Americans (Black Americans), which includes persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Asian-Pacific Americans, which includes persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau), the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Macao, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, or Hong Kong;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subcontinent Asian Americans, which includes persons whose origins are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives Islands, Nepal or Sri Lanka;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Hispanic Americans, which includes persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Native Americans, which includes persons who are American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Females, regardless of race, ethnicity or origin; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Veterans and Service Disabled Veterans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Police Department shall mean the Prince George's County Police Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Subcontractor shall mean any person undertaking part of the work under the terms of the contract, by virtue of an agreement with a Contractor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
