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                                                                  AB 2630
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          Date of Hearing:   April 24, 2012

              ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND CONSUMER 
                                     PROTECTION
                                 Mary Hayashi, Chair
                    AB 2630 (Hueso) - As Amended:  April 10, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   Public contracts: State Contract Act: reports. 

           SUMMARY  :   Requires the Department of General Services (DGS), 
          beginning in 2013, to include the list of activities each state 
          agency used to inform small businesses of existing bid 
          preferences and the total number of preferences used in bids for 
          the year, when reporting on the participation levels of small 
          businesses in state contracts.

           EXISTING LAW  requires DGS to report on small business 
          participation levels in state contracts. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   

           Purpose of this bill  .  According to the author's office, "The 
          California Legislature has made several investments to promote 
          and encourage small business in this state through the creation 
          of various programs, including preferences on bidding for state 
          contracts.  However, the benefits of these current programs are 
          limited to businesses that are aware of them, know how to 
          navigate them, and then utilize them.  It is in the state's best 
          interest to ensure that we are taking measures to inform 
          businesses of the many tools already provided to them that are 
          intended to promote employment and growth.  
           
          "AB 2630 will help identify the activities currently exercised 
          by DGS to inform small businesses of the existing preferences 
          available under state law and the outcomes of those activities. 
          This information will help guide future policy to determine if 
          the state should be investing more �in small businesses] and if 
          small businesses are taking advantage of current preferences.

           Background  .  Current law requires DGS to report the 
          participation levels of small businesses in state contracts.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   








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           Support 
           
          None on file. 

           Opposition 
           
          None on file. 
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Joanna Gin / B.,P. & C.P. / (916) 
          319-3301