(1) Any disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise is entitled to be certified as such upon application to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. If the application is approved by the department, the department shall certify the applicant as a disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise. The enterprise shall be considered so certified by any public contracting agency.
(2) In consultation with the State Board of Higher Education and the Department of Transportation, and with the approval of the Advocate for Minority, Women and Emerging Small Business, the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule shall adopt a uniform standard form and procedure designed to provide complete documentation that a business enterprise is certified as a disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprise. The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall compile and make available upon request a list of certified disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprises.
(3) Any business enterprise that is refused certification as a disadvantaged business enterprise or denied recertification as such or whose certification is revoked may appeal directly to the United States Department of Transportation.
(4) Any business enterprise that is refused certification as a minority, women or emerging small business enterprise or has its certification revoked may request a contested case hearing as provided in ORS chapter 183.
(5) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall be the sole agency authorized to certify enterprises as disadvantaged, minority, women or emerging small business enterprises eligible to perform on public contracts in this state.
(6) The Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule may establish a fee not to exceed $100 for a copy of the list of certified disadvantaged, minority, women and emerging small business enterprises and may assess state agencies for services under ORS 200.005 to 200.075.
(7) The Department of Transportation may collect a fee, not to exceed $200, from a bidder upon bidder prequalifications to cover the costs of the Department of Consumer and Business Services in administering ORS 200.005 to 200.075. The Department of Transportation shall transfer such fees to the credit of the account established under subsection (8) of this section.
(8) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish a special account in which to deposit fees and assessments. The special account is continuously appropriated to the Department of Consumer and Business Services to meet its expenses in administering ORS 200.005 to 200.075. [1987 c.893 §8; 1989 c.1043 §4; 1993 c.500 §8; 1997 c.145 §3; 2003 c.794 §216]
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