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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 12:29:47+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - Part B. Department of Small and Local Business Development.
↪ Part B. Department of Small and Local Business Development.
§ 2–218.11. Establishment of the Department of Small and Local Business Development.
§ 2–218.12. Director of the Department of Small and Local Business Development.
§ 2–218.13. Functions of the Department.
§ 2–218.14. Transfers from the Office of Local Business Development to the Department.
§ 2–218.15. Living Wage Certification Program.
(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), there is established, as a subordinate agency, in the Executive Branch of the government of the District of Columbia, the Department of Small and Local Business Development.
This section is referenced in § 2-218.02 and § 10-833.
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2311 of Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2005 (D.C. Act 16-168, July 26, 2005, 52 DCR 7667).
(a)(1) The Department shall be under the supervision of a Director who shall carry out the functions and authorities assigned to the Department.
(2) The Mayor shall appoint the Director with the advice and consent of the Council.
(b) The Director shall have full authority over the Department and all functions and personnel assigned to the Department, including the power to re-delegate to other employees and officials of the Department such powers and authority as in the judgment of the Director are warranted in the interests of efficiency and sound administration.
(c) The Director shall monitor the accomplishment of the requirements of this subchapter.
(g) The Director shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter and may impose fines, fees, penalties, and other remedial actions for violations of § 2-218.63 or the regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter.
(h) The Director shall establish within the Department, oversee, and administer such divisions, offices, or other units as may be necessary or appropriate to perform the functions and duties of the Department.
(i) The Director may take such other actions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
D.C. Law 17-207, in subsecs. (d) and (f), substituted “certified” for “local, small, and disadvantaged”.
D.C. Law 18-141 added subsec. (g).
The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-108 deleted “in contracting and procurement performed by any government corporation involved in the development of a commercial ballpark or soccer stadium and in all projects exceeding $10 million in value” from the end of (c); repealed (d), (e), and (f); rewrote (g); and added (h) and (i).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2312 of Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2005 (D.C. Act 16-168, July 26, 2005, 52 DCR 7667).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-156, October 18, 2007, 54 DCR 10919).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-251, January 23, 2008, 55 DCR 1259).
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of the Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Law 17-96, January 29, 2008, law notification 55 DCR 3403).
(C) Extending economic prosperity to local business owners, their employees, and the communities they serve.
(C) Federal and private sector business opportunities.
(b) The Department shall administer part D of this subchapter except for those responsibilities assigned to another agency by this subchapter or through an order of the Mayor. The Director shall establish procedures and guidelines for the implementation of the programs established pursuant to part D of this subchapter. The Mayor shall not reassign a responsibility specifically assigned to the Department by this subchapter.
(c-1) The Department shall have the authority to issue grants to local businesses (whether or not certified pursuant to this subchapter), community and neighborhood groups or other nonprofit organizations as necessary to effectuate the mission of the Department and the purposes of this subchapter.
(e) The Department, in coordination with the agency contracting officer, shall have the authority, in reviewing participation by certified business enterprises, to disregard participation by a certified business enterprise when that certified business enterprise serves no commercially useful function in the performance of a contract.
D.C. Law 17-20 rewrote subsecs. (a) and (c)(1).
D.C. Law 17-207, in subsec. (c)(1)(F), substituted “the achievement of the goals set forth in § 2-218.41” for “the achievement of goals related to contracting with, and procuring from, certified business enterprises; in subsec. (c)(1)(G), substituted ”related to contracting with, and procuring from, certified business enterprises“ for ”the achievement of the goals set forth in § 2-218.41“; rewrote subsec. (c)(2); and added subsec. (c-1).
D.C. Law 18-141, in subsec. (c)(1), substituted “Certification” for “Certification, Compliance, and Enforcement,” in the introductory language, substituted “§§ 2-218.22, 2-218.50, and 2-218.53” for “§ 2-218.22” in subpar. (E), and repealed subpars. (F), (G), and (H).
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-171 substituted a colon for the semicolon at the end of the introductory paragraph of (c)(2)(A); and validated previously made technical corrections.
The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-108 substituted “Functions “ for “Organization and functions” in the section heading; substituted “based in the” for “based in and serving the” in (a)(1); deleted “that occur in the District of Columbia” from the end of (a)(2)(C); repealed (c) and (e); substituted “issue” for “issues” in (c-1); and added (e).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2313 of Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2005 (D.C. Act 16-168, July 26, 2005, 52 DCR 7667).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-513, October 25, 2006, 53 DCR 9091).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-575, December 19, 2006, 54 DCR 24).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2062(a) of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(c) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-156, October 18, 2007, 54 DCR 10919).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(c) of Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-251, January 23, 2008, 55 DCR 1259).
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(b) of the Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Law 16-214, March 6, 2007, law notification 54 DCR 2761).
For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 2(c) of the Department of Small and Local Business Development Subcontracting Clarification, Benefit Expansion, and Grant-making Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Law 17-96, January 29, 2008, law notification 55 DCR 3403).
Short title: Section 2061 of D.C. Law 17-20 provided that subtitle G of title II of the act may be cited as the “Department of Small and Local Business Development Amendment Act of 2007”.
All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Office of Local Business Development established by § 2-1205.01 [repealed], are hereby transferred to the Department.
D.C. Law 16-191, in the credit, renumbered the section designation from § 2315 to § 2314.
(a) There is established a Living Wage Certification Program ("program") within the Department, which shall be administered by an organization selected in accordance with subsection (b) of this section ("administrator") and funded by a grant from the Department, that will certify employers that meet the requirements of the program established by this section and pursuant to this section.
(4) Enter into a grant agreement with the bid awardee to serve as administrator in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(E) Certifies that at least a majority of its owners are District residents or that at least a majority of its employees are District residents.
(2) The administrator shall develop criteria to verify that the employer meets each criterion set forth in this subsection.
(d)(1) Certification shall be valid for 3 years.
(2) To maintain certification and obtain recertification, a certified employer must demonstrate that it continues to meet the criteria set forth in subsection (c) of this section.
(3) A certified employer shall have 3 months to increase its employees' wages to match an increase in the living wage mandated under subchapter X-A of this chapter.
(e)(1) The administrator shall maintain a public list of all certified employers.
(2) The administrator shall create a unique logo to designate an employer as certified under this section and shall provide the employer with digital and physical copies of the logo for display and promotional purposes.
(f) The Department may consider combining the list maintained pursuant to subsection (e)(1) of this section with any similar list created under the Made in DC program, established in subchapter IV-B of Chapter 12 of this title.
(g) For the purposes of this section, the term "living wage" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-220.02(4).
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2182(b) of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-458, Oct. 3, 2018, 65 DCR 11212).
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2182(b) of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-434, July 30, 2018, 65 DCR 8200).

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