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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 21.11.01.01" title_num="21" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Certified small business” (“CSB”) means a business, other than a nonprofit business, that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is certified by the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs pursuant to regulations adopted by that Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meets the criteria for a small business as defined under COMAR 21.01.02.01B.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Disabled veteran” means a veteran who has been certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as having a service-connected disability, regardless of the disability rating.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Disabled-veteran-owned small business” means a small business as defined under COMAR 21.01.02.01B that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are disabled veterans.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Economically disadvantaged individual” means an individual as defined in COMAR 21.11.03.03.B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Veteran” means a veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C. §101(2) who is domiciled in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Veteran-owned small business” means a small business as defined under COMAR 21.01.02.01B that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are veterans.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Small business reserve” means those procurements that are limited to responses from small businesses as provided under State Finance and Procurement Article, §14–502(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>