Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.44E
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Disabled Veteran Businesses – Bonus preference
Official statutory text
A. Disabled Veteran Businesses.
As used in this section:
1. "Service-disabled veteran" means any individual that is
disabled as certified by the appropriate federal agency responsible
for the administration of veterans' affairs; and
2. "Service-disabled veteran business" means a business:
a. not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of which is
owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in
the case of any publicly owned business, not less than
fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of which is owned
by one or more service-disabled veterans, and
b. the management and daily business operations of which
are controlled by one or more service-disabled
veterans.
B. In awarding contracts for the performance of any job or
service, all agencies, departments, institutions and other entities
of this state and of each political subdivision of this state shall
give a three-percentage point bonus preference to service-disabled
veteran businesses doing business as Oklahoma firms, corporations or
individuals, or which maintain Oklahoma offices or places of
business.
C. In implementing the provisions of subsection B of this
section, the following shall apply:
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1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall have the goal of three percent (3%) of all such
contracts described in subsection B of this section to be awarded to
such veterans; and
2. If an insufficient number of such veterans doing business in
this state submit a bid or proposal for a contract by an agency,
department, institution or other entity of the state or a political
subdivision, such goal shall not be required and the provisions of
paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not apply.
D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services may promulgate rules in order to implement the provisions
of this section.
As used in this section:
1. "Service-disabled veteran" means any individual that is
disabled as certified by the appropriate federal agency responsible
for the administration of veterans' affairs; and
2. "Service-disabled veteran business" means a business:
a. not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of which is
owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in
the case of any publicly owned business, not less than
fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of which is owned
by one or more service-disabled veterans, and
b. the management and daily business operations of which
are controlled by one or more service-disabled
veterans.
B. In awarding contracts for the performance of any job or
service, all agencies, departments, institutions and other entities
of this state and of each political subdivision of this state shall
give a three-percentage point bonus preference to service-disabled
veteran businesses doing business as Oklahoma firms, corporations or
individuals, or which maintain Oklahoma offices or places of
business.
C. In implementing the provisions of subsection B of this
section, the following shall apply:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 187
1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall have the goal of three percent (3%) of all such
contracts described in subsection B of this section to be awarded to
such veterans; and
2. If an insufficient number of such veterans doing business in
this state submit a bid or proposal for a contract by an agency,
department, institution or other entity of the state or a political
subdivision, such goal shall not be required and the provisions of
paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not apply.
D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services may promulgate rules in order to implement the provisions
of this section.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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