2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors
§72-63.22v1. Preference for veteran vendors.
A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may grant a preference for purposes of the expenditure of funds for tangible or intangible personal property or services to be acquired by the agency to an honorably discharged veteran or to a lawfully recognized business entity the majority ownership of which, fifty-one percent (51%) or more, is held by an honorably discharged veteran at the time the contract is awarded.
B. No individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity, as defined in subsection A of this section, shall be eligible for consideration as a veteran vendor pursuant to this section unless the individual veteran or veteran-owned business entity has registered with the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) in the same manner as required to do business with the federal government or has met alternate requirements for qualification or substantiation as established by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
C. As used in this section, the term "veteran" shall be defined in accordance with Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may promulgate rules for implementing the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 392, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.
