California Government Code

§ 14840

GOV § 14840 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 5.5 · Ch. 6.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) In the process of certifying and determining the eligibility of a disabled veteran business enterprise or a small business enterprise, including a microbusiness, the department shall require the applicant or certified firm to submit a written declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the information submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter, and in the case of a disabled veteran enterprise all information submitted to the department pursuant to Section 999.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, is true and correct.

(2)The department shall make available the option for an applicant or certified firm to voluntarily identify that the business is at least 51 percent owned by, and whose management and daily operations are controlled by, one or more individuals who identifies as any of the following:

(A)Black (a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa); Hispanic (a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race); Native American (an American Indian, Inuk, Aleut, or Native Hawaiian); Pacific-Asian (a person whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, or the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific, including North Marianas); Asian-Indian (a person whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 90. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.