California Assembly Bill AB2249 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2249AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ruskin FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 14840 to the Government Code, relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2249, as amended, Ruskin. State government:  small business certification.   disabled veteran business enterprise.  The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act encourages the participation of  certain small businesses   disabled veteran business enterprises  that are certified by the Department of General Services in state contracts. This bill would require  an applicant for certification by   a disabled veteran business enterprise to file with  the department  to file  a specified federal tax form  under certain circumstances  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14840 is added to the Government Code, to read:  14840. In the process of certifying and determining the eligibility of a small business, microbusiness, or disabled veteran business enterprise under this chapter, the department shall require the applicant to file a completed Form 4506-T from the federal Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. The department shall not certify any business without the completed Form 4506-T from the applicant.   14840.  The department shall require a disabled veteran business enterprise to file with the department a completed Form 4506-T from the federal Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, also known as a Request for Transcript of Tax Return, in both of the following circumstances: (a) The department receives a complaint regarding the disabled veteran business enterprise. (b) During any audit of the disabled veteran business enterprise.