California Public Utilities Code

§ 8284

PUC § 8284 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 4 · Ch. 7 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)(1) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of women, minority, and LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts.

(2)The commission shall adopt the Department of General Services’ disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements for verifying and determining the eligibility of disabled veteran business enterprises for procurement contracts, and shall not deem eligible those disabled veteran business enterprises that are not certified by the Department of General Services.

(3)In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts pursuant to paragraph (1), the commission shall adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The commission may update these LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 784, Sec. 5. (SB 1177) Effective January 1, 2025.