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GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 14137-14137.4



14137.  (a) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, may establish a Small and Emerging Contractor
Technical Assistance Program. The purpose of the program is to
provide training and technical assistance to small contractors to
improve their ability to secure surety bond guarantees, offered by
the federal Small Business Administration. Surety bond guarantees can
assist small contractors in obtaining surety bonds that are
necessary to qualify for public works construction projects awarded
by state and local governments.
   (b) For purposes of this article:
   (1) "Program" means the Small and Emerging Contractor Technical
Assistance Program.
   (2) "Small contractor" means a small business, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government
Code, that is a contractor doing business in this state and is
licensed by the Contractors' State License Board pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 7065) of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the
Business and Professions Code.



14137.1.  (a) The program shall include small contractor training
and technical assistance throughout the state. Training shall be
scheduled for locations that are reasonably accessible to people in
all areas of the state but are not required to be scheduled in every
district of the department.
   (b) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, shall conduct outreach efforts to inform small
contractors about the program and recruit them to the training. In
conducting outreach activities, the department shall coordinate with
its existing outreach efforts for disadvantaged business enterprises.
The department shall also consult with its statewide and district
small business councils, statewide and regional contracting and
engineering trade groups, and the Department of General Services'
Small Business Advisory Council. The department shall also coordinate
outreach efforts with the administrators of enterprise zones
established pursuant to Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 7070)
of Division 7 of Title 2.



14137.2.  For the purpose of providing training under the program,
the department may use up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
of state funds if those funds are available to the department. The
department may charge a fee to program participants not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) to offset technical assistance counseling in the
program.



14137.4.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that
date.

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Statutes > California > Gov > 14137-14137.4

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 14137-14137.4



14137.  (a) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, may establish a Small and Emerging Contractor
Technical Assistance Program. The purpose of the program is to
provide training and technical assistance to small contractors to
improve their ability to secure surety bond guarantees, offered by
the federal Small Business Administration. Surety bond guarantees can
assist small contractors in obtaining surety bonds that are
necessary to qualify for public works construction projects awarded
by state and local governments.
   (b) For purposes of this article:
   (1) "Program" means the Small and Emerging Contractor Technical
Assistance Program.
   (2) "Small contractor" means a small business, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government
Code, that is a contractor doing business in this state and is
licensed by the Contractors' State License Board pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 7065) of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the
Business and Professions Code.



14137.1.  (a) The program shall include small contractor training
and technical assistance throughout the state. Training shall be
scheduled for locations that are reasonably accessible to people in
all areas of the state but are not required to be scheduled in every
district of the department.
   (b) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, shall conduct outreach efforts to inform small
contractors about the program and recruit them to the training. In
conducting outreach activities, the department shall coordinate with
its existing outreach efforts for disadvantaged business enterprises.
The department shall also consult with its statewide and district
small business councils, statewide and regional contracting and
engineering trade groups, and the Department of General Services'
Small Business Advisory Council. The department shall also coordinate
outreach efforts with the administrators of enterprise zones
established pursuant to Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 7070)
of Division 7 of Title 2.



14137.2.  For the purpose of providing training under the program,
the department may use up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
of state funds if those funds are available to the department. The
department may charge a fee to program participants not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) to offset technical assistance counseling in the
program.



14137.4.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that
date.


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Statutes > California > Gov > 14137-14137.4

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 14137-14137.4



14137.  (a) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, may establish a Small and Emerging Contractor
Technical Assistance Program. The purpose of the program is to
provide training and technical assistance to small contractors to
improve their ability to secure surety bond guarantees, offered by
the federal Small Business Administration. Surety bond guarantees can
assist small contractors in obtaining surety bonds that are
necessary to qualify for public works construction projects awarded
by state and local governments.
   (b) For purposes of this article:
   (1) "Program" means the Small and Emerging Contractor Technical
Assistance Program.
   (2) "Small contractor" means a small business, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government
Code, that is a contractor doing business in this state and is
licensed by the Contractors' State License Board pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 7065) of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the
Business and Professions Code.



14137.1.  (a) The program shall include small contractor training
and technical assistance throughout the state. Training shall be
scheduled for locations that are reasonably accessible to people in
all areas of the state but are not required to be scheduled in every
district of the department.
   (b) The department, in consultation with the Office of Small
Business Advocate, shall conduct outreach efforts to inform small
contractors about the program and recruit them to the training. In
conducting outreach activities, the department shall coordinate with
its existing outreach efforts for disadvantaged business enterprises.
The department shall also consult with its statewide and district
small business councils, statewide and regional contracting and
engineering trade groups, and the Department of General Services'
Small Business Advisory Council. The department shall also coordinate
outreach efforts with the administrators of enterprise zones
established pursuant to Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 7070)
of Division 7 of Title 2.



14137.2.  For the purpose of providing training under the program,
the department may use up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
of state funds if those funds are available to the department. The
department may charge a fee to program participants not to exceed
fifty dollars ($50) to offset technical assistance counseling in the
program.



14137.4.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends that
date.