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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-304" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2031 PER CHAPTER 82 OF 2026" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Minority Business Participation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The certification agency shall develop and maintain a directory of all certified minority business enterprises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The directory shall be accessible to the public through the Internet.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each minority business enterprise included in the directory, the certification agency shall include the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all contract information available to the certification agency for the minority business enterprise;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the certification number and minority status of the minority business enterprise;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>contact information for up to three professional references for the minority business enterprise; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other information the certification agency considers necessary or appropriate to encourage participation in the procurement process by minority business enterprises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The certification agency shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>update the directory at least monthly;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>identify as recently certified in the directory each minority business enterprise that has obtained certification during the calendar year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>include in the directory a list of all minority business enterprises that have become ineligible to participate in the Minority Business Enterprise Program because:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>one or more of its owners has a personal net worth that exceeds the amount specified in § 14–301(i)(3) of this subtitle; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the minority business enterprise no longer meets the standards developed under § 14–303(b)(13) of this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the same manner and with the same fees as provided by law in civil cases, in a matter regarding the decertification of a certified minority business enterprise, the certification agency may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>subpoena witnesses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>administer oaths; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>compel the production of records, books, papers, and other documents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under subsection (b) of this section, or fails to produce documents or other evidence, on petition of the certification agency, a court of competent jurisdiction may pass an order directing compliance with the subpoena or compelling the production of documents or other evidence.</text>
  </level>
</section>
