PENNSYLVANIA, September 28 - PRINTER'S NO. 1116

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

900

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, BARTOLOTTA, COMITTA, FONTANA, BREWSTER,

MUTH, ROBINSON, YUDICHAK, CAPPELLETTI, COSTA, J. WARD,

AUMENT, SCHWANK AND STREET, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs) and 62 (Procurement) of

the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veteran-owned

small businesses, further providing for definitions, for

regulations, for participation goal, for duties of Department

of General Services, for bonding and progress payments,

providing for request for full or partial waiver and good-

faith efforts, further providing for reports and providing

for disparity study; in small and disadvantaged businesses,

further providing for heading of chapter, for policy and for

definitions, providing for Small and Diverse Business Program

and for nonapplicability, further providing for regulations

and for duties of department, providing for request for full

or partial waiver and good-faith efforts, further providing

for bonding and progress payments and report to General

Assembly, providing for aspirational target, for disparity

study and for program review and expiration; and providing

for Program for Construction and Design Professional

Services.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 9601 introductory paragraph of Title 51

of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the

section is amended by adding definitions to read:

§ 9601. Definitions.

Subject to section 9602 (relating to policy and regulations),

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