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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="19-106" title_number="19" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Regulation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Entity” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a commercial enterprise or business that is in good</text>
        <text>standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation and is: </text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>incorporated in the State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>registered to do business in the State; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a corporation, foundation, school, hospital, or other legal entity for which none of the net earnings inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual holding an interest in the entity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“State benefit” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>State capital grant funding totaling $1,000,000 or</text>
        <text>more in a single fiscal year; </text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>State tax credits totaling $1,000,000 or more in a single fiscal year; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the receipt of a State contract with a total value of $1,000,000 or more.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“State contract” means a contract that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>resulted from a competitive procurement process; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is not federally funded in any way.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Underrepresented community” means a community whose members self–identify:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>as Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>with one or more of the racial or ethnic groups listed in item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a sole proprietor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a limited liability company owned by a single member;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a privately held company if at least 75% of the company’s shareholders are family members; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an entity that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has an annual operating budget or annual sales  less than $5,000,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>does not qualify for a State benefit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An entity may not qualify for a State benefit unless the entity is able to demonstrate:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>membership of underrepresented communities in the entity’s board or executive leadership; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>support for underrepresented communities in the entity’s mission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department of Commerce and the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>develop and maintain a State Equity Report that compiles diversity data for each entity on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the membership of underrepresented communities in the entity’s board or executive leadership; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the support of underrepresented communities in the entity’s mission; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt regulations to carry out this section, including directives for State agencies and entities to comply with the requirements in this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
