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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-604" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Participation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt regulations to implement this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish procedures for tracking and reporting participation of veteran–owned small business enterprises under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on or before the 5th day of a regular legislative session of each year, report to the Legislative Policy Committee on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number and dollar value of contracts awarded to veteran–owned small business enterprises under this subtitle, including the total dollar value of payments made to veteran–owned small business enterprises under existing contracts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, and each quarter thereafter, each unit shall submit a report to the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the information required under subsection (a)(3)(i) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other information requested by the Office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A report submitted under this subsection may be prepared in conjunction with the annual report required under § 9–4120 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
