Expedited Bill No. 42-14
Concerning: Contracts and Procurement - Minority-Owned Businesses – Sunset Date - Amendments
Revised: October 1, 2014 Draft No. 2
Introduced: September 16, 2014
Enacted: October 21, 2014
Executive: October 30, 2014
Effective: January 1, 2015
Sunset Date: December 31, [[2019]]2015
Ch. 32 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2014
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Council President at the Request of the County Executive
AN EXPEDITED ACT to:
1) establish the deadline for submission to the Council by the Executive of a report that evaluates the minority owned business purchasing program;
2) extend the sunset date for the County’s minority owned business purchasing program; and
3) generally amend the County’s minority owned business purchasing program.
By amending
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 11B, Contracts and Procurement
Sections 11B-57, 11B-58,11B-61 and 11B-64
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Sections 11B-57, 11B-58, 11B-61 and 11B-64 are amended as follows:
11B-57. Legislative findings and policy.
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(e) A [[four-year]] five-year period is a reasonable time to continue the minority owned business purchasing program before evaluating it.
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11B-58. Definitions.
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(b) Relevant geographic market area means the geographic market area identified by the County Executive in [[a]] the most recent report [[dated July 1, 2005]] that evaluates the need to continue the program and is issued in accordance with Section 11B-61(b).
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11B-61. Reports.
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(b) By July 1, [2014] 2019, the County Executive must submit a report to the County Council evaluating the need to extend the minority owned business purchasing program.
11B-64. Sunset date.
This Article is not effective after December 31, [2014] [[2019]] 2015.
Sec. 2. Expedited Effective Date.
The Council declares that this legislation is necessary for the immediate protection of the public interest. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2015.
Approved: