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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to transportation; modifying or adding provisions concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>disadvantaged business enterprises; governing provisions related to Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>of Transportation contracting for construction work and training; establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>collaborative group related to disadvantaged business enterprise program; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>amending legislative reporting; making technical changes; appropriating money;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.03, subdivision 11; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[161.363] DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE; BIDDING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var><b>AND CONTRACTING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For purposes of this section and section 174.188, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>following terms have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(b) "Disadvantaged business enterprise" has the meaning given in Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Regulations, title 49, section 26.5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(c) "Certified" refers to a disadvantaged business enterprise that is currently certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 26.81 to 26.91.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(d) "Federally assisted contract" means a contract with a prime contractor that <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>is covered by the disadvantaged business enterprise program under Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Regulations, title 49, part 26.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Bid solicitation.</b> (a) The commissioner shall include in every bid <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>solicitation for a federally assisted contract:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(1) the disadvantaged business enterprise contract goal as provided in subdivision 4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>(2) a notice to bidders that the proposal must identify the percentage of disadvantaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>business enterprises proposed to participate in the project; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(3) notice of the sanction that will be imposed against a contractor who does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>meet the disadvantaged business enterprise participation goal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(b) A bidder shall include in the submitted bid, information necessary to establish the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>bidder's plan to achieve the participation goal under the contract or adequate good-faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>efforts to meet the goal. A plan or demonstration of adequate good-faith efforts must <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>include documentation of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(1) publication of requests for disadvantaged business enterprise participation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>in the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(2) written notice of bid solicitation provided to certified disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>enterprises, along with follow-up contacts, if appropriate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(3) items of work available to disadvantaged business enterprise firms;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(4) identity of rejected disadvantaged business enterprise firms, firms selected for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>the work, and the reasons for the rejections and the choice;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(5) efforts made to assist interested disadvantaged business enterprises in obtaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>bonding, credit, or insurance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(6) efforts made to assist disadvantaged business enterprises to obtain necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>equipment, supplies, and materials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(7) names of agencies contacted to assist in contracting, recruiting, and using <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>disadvantaged business enterprise firms; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(8) any additional information supportive of obtaining the goals or demonstrating <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>good-faith efforts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Award of contract.</b> The commissioner shall reject a bid for a federally <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>assisted contract that does not, in conformance with subdivision 2, either (1) meet the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>participation goal under the contract, or (2) demonstrate adequate good-faith efforts on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>part of the bidder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Contract requirements.</b> The commissioner shall establish a disadvantaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>business enterprise participation goal in each federally assisted contract. The contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>must identify the goal for disadvantaged business enterprise participation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Disadvantaged business enterprise capacity account; appropriation.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(a) A disadvantaged business enterprise capacity account is established in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>revenue fund. The account consists of funds as provided under section 174.03, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>11, paragraph (a), and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>provided to the account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>of building capacity among disadvantaged business enterprises, including but not limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(1) performing business development workshops as required under section 174.188, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>subdivision 1;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(2) assisting new and startup disadvantaged business enterprises; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(3) assisting disadvantaged business enterprises in expansion and establishment as <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>prime contractors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010, except that subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>2 and 3 are effective for contracts awarded on or after August 1, 2011.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.03, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11.  <b>Disadvantaged business enterprise program; report.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>commissioner shall include in each federally assisted contract that is funded at least in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>part by federal funds, a sanction for each contractor who does not meet the established <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>project disadvantaged business enterprise participation goal or demonstrate good faith <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>effort to meet the goal. The commissioner shall monitor disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>compliance throughout the term of the contract in order to minimize the need for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>imposition of sanctions. Any funds collected from imposition of a sanction under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>subdivision must be deposited in the disadvantaged business enterprise capacity account. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner of transportation shall report by February 1 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>odd-numbered year to the house of representatives and senate committees having <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>disadvantaged business enterprise program. The report must, with respect to each of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>the two previous calendar years: <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>establish the overall goal; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) describe good faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>enterprises in certain types of work; <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good faith effort; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) describe contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals, and, of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>those, state number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16C.16</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2010.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>[174.188] DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Training.</b> The commissioner shall hold business development <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>workshops throughout the state to educate and build capacity for disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>enterprise owners and managers on the pursuit of Department of Transportation projects. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>The commissioner may not charge a fee for participation in the workshops.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Legislative report.</b> Annually by February 1, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>submit a report electronically to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>transportation policy and finance concerning the commissioner's disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>enterprise program. The report must, with respect to the previous calendar year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(1) identify disadvantaged business enterprise participation rates for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>contracts, which must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(i) the overall goal compared with the actual percentage attained;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(ii) group-specific attainment percentages, for each group identified in clause (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>of the definition of "socially and economically disadvantaged individual" under Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>Federal Regulations, title 49, section 26.5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>(iii) the percentage of federally assisted contracts in which the contractor met the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>participation goal; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>(iv) the dollar amounts used in the calculations of goal and attainment percentages;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>establish the overall participation goal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(3) describe the department's primary strategies and techniques in attaining the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>participation goal, or the department's efforts to attain the participation goal if the goal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>was not attained;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(4) describe the department's actions to address underconcentration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>overconcentration of disadvantaged business enterprises in certain types of work;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>(5) describe the department's use of group-specific goals, or the department's <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>attempts to gain federal approval to impose group-specific goals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(6) detail the department's efforts to increase the number of bids received from <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>certified disadvantaged business enterprises;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(7) describe the department's efforts to monitor contracts and work with prime <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>contractors to improve the rate of compliance with disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>contract goals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>(8) describe the sanctions included in contracts for failure to meet disadvantaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>business enterprise goals or to demonstrate good-faith efforts, and identify contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>who were sanctioned; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(9) describe the department's efforts to increase capacity among disadvantaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>business enterprises and to increase the overall goal for the next year, including use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>funds from the disadvantaged business enterprise capacity account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE COLLABORATIVE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>the meanings given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(1) "executive committee" means the executive committee of the collaborative <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>established in this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>(3) "the collaborative" means the DBE and Workforce Development Group <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>established by the commissioner of transportation and transportation stakeholders, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>constituted by the commissioner as of January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Purpose.</b> The collaborative shall review and evaluate the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>implementation of the disadvantaged business enterprise program under Code of Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>Regulations, title 49, and the executive committee shall recommend changes, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>legislation, to improve the effectiveness of the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Executive committee; membership.</b> (a) An executive committee of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>collaborative is established. The executive committee consists of the following members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(1) the commissioner of transportation, or a designee, who serves as a nonvoting <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>member;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>(2) two representatives from among prime contractors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(3) two representatives from among women-owned disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>enterprises;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>(4) two representatives from among minority group-owned disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>enterprises;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>(5) two representatives from among those in the collaborative with an interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>primarily concerning employee training and workforce development; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(6) one representative from among community stakeholders who are not part of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>group specified in clauses (2) through (5).<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(b) The collaborative shall select the representatives to the executive committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>by August 1, 2010. Each of the representatives from among the groups specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>under clauses (2) through (6) must be selected only from among those members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>collaborative who are eligible to serve as a representative for that group. Each member of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>the collaborative may select or vote for representatives only for one of the groups specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>under clauses (2) through (6). The commissioner shall establish a decision-making <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>procedure for selection of the representatives under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>(c) The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall convene <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>the first meeting of the executive committee by September 1, 2010. At the initial meeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>the council must elect a chair or cochairs from its membership or designate a facilitator. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>The commissioner or commissioner's designee may not serve as the chair or as a cochair.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Executive committee; duties.</b> (a) The executive committee shall formally <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>adopt and submit recommendations as provided in subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>(b) The executive committee shall establish policies and procedures for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>collaborative, and shall establish (1) quorum requirements and (2) a formal majority-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>decision-making procedure for the committee that does not require full consensus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>(c) The executive committee shall establish a publicly accessible meeting schedule <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>and convene monthly meetings of the collaborative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Administrative provisions.</b> (a) The commissioner may obtain or retain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>services of a facilitator for purposes of the collaborative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>(b) The commissioner shall provide staff and administrative support for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>collaborative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>(c) The representatives of the Department of Transportation with responsibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>civil rights and contracting shall participate in collaborative meetings and deliberations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>but no employee of the department may vote on collaborative decisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>(d) Voting members of the collaborative do not receive compensation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>reimbursement of expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> The collaborative expires December 31, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Recommendations; legislative report.</b> (a) The executive committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>in consultation with the collaborative, shall develop findings and adopt formal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>recommendations to the department, and to the legislature as provided in paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>regarding full and effective implementation of the disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>program. The recommendations, including any necessary draft legislation, may include, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>but are not limited to, strategies, polices, and actions focused on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>(1) requiring bid proposals to include information on disadvantaged business <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>enterprise participation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>(2) defining and implementing appropriate sanctions for contractors who fail to meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>disadvantaged business enterprise contract goals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>(3) identifying strategies and techniques to build disadvantaged business enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>capacity, including through training and development workshops;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>(4) strengthening the content and frequency of department reporting requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>relating to the disadvantaged business enterprise program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(5) requiring the department to submit a waiver application to allow group-specific <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>goals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>(b) By January 3, 2011, the executive committee shall submit a report on its findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>and legislative recommendations to members of the house of representatives and senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>WAIVER OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var><b>PROVISIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>The executive committee, as provided in section 4, may request the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>of transportation to submit a waiver request as described in this section. Upon receipt <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>of a resolution from the executive committee, the commissioner of transportation shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>submit a request to the federal Department of Transportation for a waiver of the provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>of the disadvantaged business enterprise rules that prohibit the state Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>Transportation from establishing group-specific goals for underutilized disadvantaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>business enterprise groups within the overall disadvantaged business enterprise goal. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>requesting the waiver, the commissioner shall prepare and submit updated information <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>concerning disparities in this state between available enterprises and utilized enterprises.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>(a) The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 174.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>subdivision 11, paragraph (a), as Minnesota Statutes, section 161.363, subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>(b) The revisor of statutes shall make any cross reference changes made necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>by this recodification.<br />
         		
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