(a)  It is the policy of the state of Rhode Island that small disadvantaged disability businesses shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of procurements and projects as outlined in this chapter. This chapter shall apply to any and all state purchasing, including, but not limited to, the procurement of goods and services, construction projects, or contracts funded in whole or in part by state funds, or funds which, in accordance with a federal grant or otherwise, the state expends or administers or in which the state is a signatory to the construction contract.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.2-3.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Small disadvantaged businesses owned and controlled by persons with disabilities: shall mean small business concern, which is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned by one or more person(s) with disabilities or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of which is owned by one or more disabled person, whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more person(s) with disabilities, and have fifty or fewer employees. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.2-2

(b)  The director of administration, in consultation with the governor’s commission on disabilities, is authorized and directed to establish rules and regulation formulas for awarding contracts to small disadvantaged businesses owned and controlled by persons with disabilities in the procurement of goods, services, construction projects, or contracts funded in whole or in part by state funds, in accordance with § 37-2-9(b)(14) on or before January 1, 2013.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 12; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 159; P.L. 2004, ch. 257, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 353, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 34; P.L. 2012, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 245, § 1.