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          Date of Hearing:   April 25, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                  AB 1960 (Dickinson) - As Amended:  March 27, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            6-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to 
          annually report on participation in state contracts by lesbian, 
          gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned (LBGT-owned) businesses, 
          commencing January 1, 2013.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          DGS will incur one-time costs of $20,000 to update forms and 
          reporting instructions and annual costs of $35,000 for outreach 
          to departments and compiling and reporting of the required data. 
          �Service Revolving Fund]

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . According to the author, "Currently, the level of 
          participation of business enterprises by race, gender, and 
          ethnicity of a contractor is collected by DGS and annually 
          reported.  AB 1960 would add LGBT-owned businesses to the 
          list?This is information that has the ability to show the extent 
          to which this essential segment of society drives the state 
          economy." Current law requires DGS to report annually on the 
          participation levels in state contracts of small businesses that 
          include the owner's race, ethnicity, and gender.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 












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