BILL NUMBER: AB 2900INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia (Chair), Brough, Brown, Chau, Chu, Gipson, Irwin, and Mathis) MARCH 3, 2016 An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 7400) to Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to economic development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2900, as introduced, Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy. Small business technical assistance centers. Existing law, the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act, requires the Director of General Services and other state agencies that enter into contracts for the provision of goods, services, and information technology and for the construction of state facilities to establish goals for the participation of small businesses in these contracts, to provide for small business preference in the award of these contracts, to give special consideration and special assistance to small businesses, and, whenever possible, to make awards to small businesses, as specified. This bill would require an awarding department, as defined, to report to the Legislature by a specified date following any year that state funds are awarded to a federal small business technical assistance center, as defined. The bill would require a federal small business technical assistance center, as a condition of receiving state funds, to report certain information to the awarding department, including, but not limited to, the number of businesses assisted. 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. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 7400) is added to Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code , to read: CHAPTER 8. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS 7400. (a) On or before September 30 following any year that state funds are awarded to a federal small business technical assistance center, the awarding department shall provide a report to the Legislature that includes, at a minimum: (1) The purpose of the contract and contract metrics. (2) The amount of state funds awarded and expended during the report year. (3) The information required by subdivision (c). (b) The information in the report to the Legislature described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) shall be based on information provided by the federal small business development center pursuant to subdivision (c). (c) As a condition of being awarded state funds, a federal small business technical assistance center shall report to the awarding department all of the following: (1) The amount of federal funds drawn down as a result of funding through the state contract. (2) The number of businesses assisted. (3) The industry sectors of the businesses assisted. (4) The county and small business technical assistance center jurisdiction in which the businesses are located. (5) The number of total employees employed by those businesses at the time those businesses were assisted based on the following categories: no employees, five or less employees, 20 or less employees, under 50 employees, under 100 employees, and under 500 employees. (6) The number of jobs created. (7) The number of jobs retained. (8) The estimated amount of state tax dollars generated from those businesses during the report year. (9) The estimated amount of increase in sales reported by businesses as a result of the assistance in the report year. (10) The amount of capital infusion, in both debt and equity, obtained by assisted businesses. (11) The total amount of federal funds allocated to the region during the reporting period. (d) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) An "awarding department" means a department, board, agency, or authority of the state, or an officer, agent, or other authorized representative of such a state entity awarding a contract for services, including technical assistance to small businesses. (2) A "federal small business technical assistance center" means a Small Business Development Center, a Women's Business Center, a Veteran Business Outreach Center, a Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) center, a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership center, or a Procurement Technical Assistance Center operating in California under a federal contract. (e) The report to the Legislature, required pursuant to subdivision (a), shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and shall be posted on the Internet Web site of the awarding department. (f) This chapter shall become inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.