HB436 Alabama 2010 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Small businesses certified under federal HUBZone program given preferred vendor status under competitive bid law, Sec. 41-16-20 am'd.; Act 2009-763, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, "preferred vendors" are given preference in the awarding of public contracts required to be competitively bid</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would give preferred vendor status under the competitive bid laws to each small business certified under the federal HUBZone program when a state contract is awarded</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide for each small business certified under the HUBZone program to receive from the state any benefit which the federal government offers to such a business</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 41-16-20, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act No. 2009-763, 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 2310), to provide further for certain preferred vendors under the competitive bid law and to provide for each small business certified under the federal HUBZone program to receive from the state any benefit which the federal government offers to such a business. </p>

Subjects

Competitive Bids