Section 15-204 - Local small business enterprise program(a) The Commission's procurement regulations may establish a local small business enterprise program to encourage local small business enterprise participation in appropriate procurement activities.(b) The regulations adopted in accordance with this section may include: (1) procedures for reliable documentation of a business entity's official designation by Montgomery County or Prince George's County as a local small business enterprise;(2) procedures to be followed by staff, prospective contractors, and successful bidders or offerors to maximize notice to, and the opportunity to participate in the procurement process by, a broad range of local small business enterprises; and(3) provisions to:(i) extend reasonable competitive preferences for local small business enterprises;(ii) establish procurement goals of utilization of local small business enterprises; and(iii) reserve particular procurement activities for local small business enterprises under appropriate circumstances.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 354,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2022.Added by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 354,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2019.