Sec. 11. (a) The division may designate a public works project as a small business set-aside under rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2.

     (b) The following apply to rules adopted by the department governing small business set-asides for public works projects:

(1) The rules are subject to the criteria for determining whether a business is a small business under IC 5-22-14-3.

(2) The rules must establish procedures for administering a small business set-aside program for public works projects that are substantially the same as the procedures described in IC 5-22-14.

As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.20.