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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 597
BY SENATOR DORSEY
LEGISLATION. Provides for a uniform definition of a disadvantaged business enterprise.
(8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 1:61, relative to general provisions of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950;2
to provide a uniform definition of a disadvantaged business enterprise; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 1:61 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง61. Disadvantaged business enterprise defined7
Whenever the context so requires, the phrase " disadvantaged business8
enterprise" as used in the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and any rules and9
regulations promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act10
shall mean a disadvantaged business enterprise certified under the Unified11
Certification Program for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.12 SB NO. 597
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that whenever the context so requires, the phrase " disadvantaged
business enterprise" as used in the LRS and any rules and regulations promulgated in
accordance with the APA means a disadvantaged business enterprise certified under the
Unified Certification Program for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 1:61)