5-813

5-813. Disadvantaged business enterprise
participation goals; contractor employment requirements

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the authority shall:

1. Establish disadvantaged business enterprise participation goals for the design,
engineering and construction of the multipurpose facility under section 5-807 based on
the availability of ready, willing and able disadvantaged business enterprises compared
to the general population of consultants, prime contractors and subcontractors, suppliers
and service providers.

2. Establish procedures for meeting these goals, including compiling a registry of
disadvantaged business enterprises that are certified by a local, county or state agency.

3. Require monthly reports by the project coordinator regarding compliance with the
goals.

4. Monitor compliance with this section through intergovernmental agreements with a
state or county disadvantaged business enterprise program monitor or a contract with an
independent organization that is experienced in monitoring disadvantaged business
enterprise programs.

5. Impose sanctions if, based on recommendations of the monitoring organization,
the authority determines that a good faith effort was not made to comply with the
established procedures.

B. The authority shall provide that any contract with respect to the design,
engineering and construction of the multipurpose facility under section 5-807 shall
require each prime contractor and major subcontractors to provide health insurance to the
contractor's employees and dependents of the contractor's employees, except for those
employees who work less than one hundred twenty days in a calendar year.

C. The executive director, the project coordinator and all persons who enter into
contracts, agreements or understandings related to the construction and operation of the
multipurpose facility shall comply with the procedures established pursuant to this
section.