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Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmember Ramos
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
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Imari’s LGBTQ Procurement Preference Act
For the purpose of creating a LGBTQ Business Enterprise (“LGBTQBE”) Program, to be administered by the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; defining certain terms; establishing the eligibility requirements for firms seeking to participate in the LGBTQBE Program; establishing revocation criteria for firms in the LGBTQBE Program; authorizing the City to employ various affirmative procurement initiatives to promote the award of City contracts to LGBTQBEs; requiring annual reports on the LGBTQBE Program; requiring periodic hearings on and review of the LGBTQBE Program; providing for the appeal of certain adverse determinations by the Minority and Women’s Business Opportunity Office; setting certain penalties; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; renumbering certain sections; and generally relating to City procurement requirements.
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By adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 28-122 through 28-142, to be under the amended subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 28. Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises; Small Local Business Enterprises; LGBTQ Business Enterprises” and under the new chapter designation, “Chapter 4. LGBTQ Business Enterprise Procurement Requirements”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
By repealing and re-orda...
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