PRINTER'S NO. 1815

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1468 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BISHOP, JAMES, GALLOWAY, JOSEPHS,
           KIRKLAND, KULA, LONGIETTI, PALLONE, REED, SIPTROTH, STABACK
           AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 5, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUNE 5, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for, in provisions relating to
     3     small and disadvantaged businesses, the definition of "small
     4     business."

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The definition of "small business" in section
     8  2102 of Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
     9  amended to read:
    10  § 2102.  Definitions.
    11     Subject to section 2103 (relating to regulations), the
    12  following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have
    13  the meanings given to them in this section unless the context
    14  clearly indicates otherwise:
    15     * * *
    16     "Small business."  A business in the United States which is
    17  independently owned, is not dominant in its field of operation
    18  and employs [100] 175 or fewer employees.


     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




















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