123.151 Rules for certification as minority business enterprises.
123.151 Rules for certification as minority business enterprises.
(A) As used in this section, “minority business enterprise” has the same meaning as in division (E)(1) of section 122.71 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) The director of administrative services shall make rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures by which minority businesses may apply to the equal employment opportunity coordinator for certification as minority business enterprises.
(2) The coordinator shall approve the application of any minority business enterprise that complies with the rules adopted under this division. Any person adversely affected by an order of the coordinator denying certification as a minority business enterprise may appeal as provided in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The coordinator shall prepare and maintain a list of certified minority business enterprises.
(C) The department of administrative services, every other state agency authorized to enter into contracts for construction or contracts for purchases of equipment, materials, supplies, insurance, or services, and every port authority shall file a report every ninety days with the equal employment opportunity coordinator. The report shall be filed at a time and in a form prescribed by the coordinator. The report shall include the name of each minority business enterprise that the agency or port authority entered into a contract with during the preceding ninety-day period and the total value and type of each such contract. No later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal year, the coordinator shall notify in writing each state agency and port authority that has not complied with the reporting requirements of this division for the prior fiscal year. A copy of this notification regarding a state agency shall be submitted to the director of budget and management. No later than thirty days after the notification, the agency or port authority shall submit to the coordinator the information necessary to comply with the reporting requirements of this division.
If, after the expiration of this thirty-day period, a state agency has not complied with the reporting requirements of this division, the coordinator shall certify to the director of budget and management that the agency has not complied with the reporting requirements. A copy of this certification shall be submitted to the agency. Thereafter, no funds of the agency shall be expended during the fiscal year for construction or purchases of equipment, materials, supplies, contracts of insurance, or services until the coordinator certifies to the director of budget and management that the agency has complied with the reporting requirements of this division for the prior fiscal year.
If any port authority has not complied with the reporting requirement after the expiration of the thirty-day period, the coordinator shall certify to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate that the port authority has not complied with the reporting requirements of this division. A copy of this certification shall be submitted to the port authority. Upon receipt of the certification, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall take such action or make such recommendations to the members of the general assembly as they consider necessary to correct the situation.
Effective Date: 03-09-1999; 12-30-2004; 06-27-2005