Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 133
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 36-1-32.
Synopsis: Supplier diversity for political subdivisions. Requires a unit
of local government to accept the Indiana department of
administration's certification of: (1) a minority business enterprise; (2)
a women's business enterprise; and (3) a veteran owned small business;
as evidence that a business entity is eligible to participate in the unit of
local government's initiatives and programs related to the business
entity's certification.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Brown L, Buchanan
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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SENATE BILL No. 133
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 36-1-32 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2024]:
4 Chapter 32. Diverse Supplier Certification
5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "unit of local government"
6 means a county, township, city, town, municipality, municipal
7 corporation, or special taxing district.
8 Sec. 2. (a) A business entity that has been certified as a minority
9 business enterprise (as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1(h)) by the Indiana
10 department of administration may present the business entity's
11 certification to a unit of local government as evidence that the
12 business entity is eligible to participate in any:
13 (1) public initiatives or strategies that the unit of local
14 government has established to increase the participation,
15 representation, or inclusion of minorities in business
16 opportunities; or
17 (2) programs of the unit of local government that set aside a
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1 certain amount of public contracts to award to minority
2 business enterprises.
3 (b) A unit of local government must defer to the Indiana
4 department of administration's determination that the business
5 entity is owned and controlled by one (1) or more persons who are
6 United States citizens and members of a minority group.
7 Sec. 3. (a) A business entity that has been certified as a women's
8 business enterprise (as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1(q)) by the Indiana
9 department of administration may present the business entity's
10 certification to a unit of local government as evidence that the
11 business entity is eligible to participate in any:
12 (1) public initiatives or strategies that the unit of local
13 government has established to increase the participation,
14 representation, or inclusion of women in business
15 opportunities; or
16 (2) programs of the unit of local government that set aside a
17 certain amount of public contracts to award to women's
18 business enterprises.
19 (b) A unit of local government must defer to the Indiana
20 department of administration's determination that the business
21 entity is either:
22 (1) a sole partnership owned and controlled by a woman; or
23 (2) a partnership or joint venture owned and controlled by
24 women in which:
25 (A) at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the ownership is
26 held by women; and
27 (B) the management and daily business operations are
28 controlled by at least one (1) of the women who owns the
29 business.
30 Sec. 4. (a) A business entity that has been certified as a veteran
31 owned small business (as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1(p)) by the
32 Indiana department of administration may present the business
33 entity's certification to a unit of local government as evidence that
34 the business entity is eligible to participate in any:
35 (1) public initiatives or strategies that the unit of local
36 government has established to increase the participation,
37 representation, or inclusion of veterans in business
38 opportunities; or
39 (2) programs of the unit of local government that set aside a
40 certain amount of public contracts to award to veteran owned
41 small businesses.
42 (b) A unit of local government must defer to the Indiana
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1 department of administration's determination that the business
2 entity meets the eligibility criteria for a veteran owned small
3 business under IC 4-13-16.5-1.5.
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