(a) Beginning with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the department shall take all lawful and reasonable steps to raise the disparity indices for contracts awarded under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (Part 26 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations) to 100 for contracts and procurements subject to federal participation requirements, with particular emphasis on those minorities that exhibit substantial disparities with the indices, consistent with federal laws and regulations and subdivision (e) of Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution.
(b) The department shall implement the recommendations from every disparity study undertaken as part of the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (Part 26 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations), consistent with federal laws and regulations and subdivision (e) of Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 95, Sec. 7. (SB 103) Effective July 21, 2017.)