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154.12-215 Duties of Department for Existing Business Development.
(1) The duties of the Department for Existing Business Development shall include but
not be limited to: <br>(a) Collecting, summarizing, and disseminating information helpful to minority
businesses, including information on: <br>1.
Market research;
2.
New business opportunities;
3.
Federal, state, and local minority business programs; and
4.
The availability of managerial assistance programs within the state <br>educational system;
(b) Assisting minority businesses with federal, state, and local government
agencies, regulations, and procurement programs.
(c) Providing staff assistance to the council; <br>(d) Providing information on federal, state, and local small business programs and
regulations;
(e) Making referrals to managerial assistance programs within the state
educational system; and
(f) Introducing entrepreneurs to individual investors and to investment capital
firms interested in start-up and early-stage financing.
(2) The commissioner is designated a small business ombudsman and shall:
(a) Receive and refer complaints of small business to the council and the
appropriate administrative bodies;
(b) Coordinate the activities of all administrative bodies performing functions
affecting the operation of small business in the Commonwealth;
(c) Represent the interests of the council and small businesses in the
Commonwealth before federal, state, and local administration and regulatory <br>agencies; and
(d) Prepare an annual report of the activities and recommendations of the council
and submit the report to the Governor and the appropriate legislative <br>committee having jurisdiction over small business matters.
Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 499, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 3, <br>effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 2, effective July 15, <br>1982.
Formerly codified as KRS 152.952
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