1. (a)

   1. (1) The Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidder's list of qualified small businesses that shall be posted on the Internet.
   2. (2) The Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall adopt regulations to establish a certification review process.

2. (b) The Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall:

   1. (1) establish guidelines for Small Business Reserve Program administration;
   2. (2) ensure agency compliance with the Small Business Reserve Program;
   3. (3) provide training and technical assistance to agency personnel; and
   4. (4) collect data regarding the State's utilization of small business reserve vendors.
3. (c) Each unit shall ensure compliance with the regulations set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

Added by Acts 2004, c. 75, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004. Amended by Acts 2007, c. 514, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 22, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2015, c. 22, § 5; Acts 2016, c. 119, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 438, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 633, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 634, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2026, c. 82, § 2, eff. June 1, 2026.