City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2010-1140

• File #: 2010-1140
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 11/22/2010
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• Final action: 12/14/2010
• Enactment date: 12/14/2010
• Enactment #: 41
• Effective date: 12/21/2010
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding a new section 161.40 entitled, Veteran-Owned Small Business.
• Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, Patrick Dowd, Darlene M. Harris, Bruce A. Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, William Peduto, Natalia Rudiak, Douglas Shields
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/27/2010	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
12/14/2010	2	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
12/8/2010	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
12/8/2010	1	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
12/7/2010	1	City Council	RECOMMITTED	Pass
12/1/2010	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
11/22/2010	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding a new section 161.40 entitled, Veteran-Owned Small Business.
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Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding a new section 161.40, Veteran-Owned Small Business as follows:
CHAPTER 161 CONTRACTS

§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 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 dis-honorable 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 100 or fewer full-time employees and not less than 51% of which is owned by one or more veterans, or in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

(4) Veteran work force utilization business. A business identified by the Department of Finance as one which develops and implements special processes and procedure...