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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Section 161.40 to shift oversight of veteran-owned small businesses from the Department of Finance to the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, is hereby amended at Section 161.40, Veteran-owned small business, as follows:
? 161.40 - Veteran-owned small business.
(a) Definitions. Subject to section 161.40(b) (relating to regulations), the following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section:
(1) Active service. Full-time military duty, other than active duty for training, as a member of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, or their reserve components or the National Guard. The term includes full-time service for more than thirty (30) consecutive days performing active State duty for emergencies as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
(2) Veteran. An individual who performed active service in the Armed Forces of the United States, including the reserve components and the National Guard, who was not discharged from the active service under dishonorable conditions. This shall include individuals discharged under the provisions of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
(3) Veteran-owned small business. A business having one hundred (100) or fewer full-time employees and not less than fifty-one (51) percent of which is owned by one (1) or more veterans, or in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than fifty-one (51) percent of the stock of which is owned by one (1) or more veterans, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one (1) or more veterans.
(4) Veteran work force utilization business. A business identified by the Departmen...
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