BILL NUMBER: AB 2249	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 14840 to the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2249, as amended, Ruskin. State government:  small
business certification.   disabled veteran business
enterprise. 
   The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act encourages the
participation of  certain small businesses  
disabled veteran business enterprises  that are certified by the
Department of General Services in state contracts.
   This bill would require  an applicant for certification by
  a disabled veteran business enterprise to file with
 the department  to file  a specified federal
tax form  under certain circumstances  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14840 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   14840.  In the process of certifying and determining the
eligibility of a small business, microbusiness, or disabled veteran
business enterprise under this chapter, the department shall require
the applicant to file a completed Form 4506-T from the federal
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. The department
shall not certify any business without the completed Form 4506-T from
the applicant. 
    14840.   The department shall require a disabled veteran
business enterprise to file with the department a completed Form
4506-T from the federal Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue
Service, also known as a Request for Transcript of Tax Return, in
both of the following circumstances:
   (a) The department receives a complaint regarding the disabled
veteran business enterprise.
   (b) During any audit of the disabled veteran business enterprise.