Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 123 - OREGON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Division 200 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES
Section 123-200-1210 - Minorities and Women Business Enterprise Certification - Determination of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 123-200-1210

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024

(1) It is a rebuttable presumption that minorities and women are socially and economically disadvantaged.

(2) The COBID may also determine on a case-by-case basis other individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged. These individuals claiming disadvantaged status are required to submit a socially and economically Disadvantaged Questionnaire administered by COBID.

(3) Socially disadvantaged individuals are people subject to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as members of a group without regard to individual qualities.

(a) The social disadvantage must stem from the individual's color, national origin, gender, physical handicap, long-term residence in an environment isolated from the mainstream of American society, or other similar cause beyond the individual's control.

(b) The minority and women applicants must demonstrate:
(A) He or she personally suffered the social and economic disadvantage because of discriminatory treatment in the United States; and

(B) The social and economic disadvantage was chronic, long-standing, and substantial, and was not fleeting or insignificant.

(4) Social disadvantage does not include factors common to small business.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 285A.070, ORS 285A.075(1)(a) & ORS 200.025(2)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 200.005, ORS 200.055 & Oregon Laws 2023, chapter 497

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