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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58003</law_id><section_number>15.2-965.2</section_number><catch_line>Enhancement of micro-business participation in local procurement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">General Powers of Local Governments</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Additional Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may enact an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> to enhance <span class="dictionary">micro-business</span> participation in <span class="dictionary">local government</span> procurement practices. Such measures may include special designation of local micro-businesses, providing technical support to micro-businesses, setting target goals for <span class="dictionary">micro-business</span> participation in the local procurement process, and other reasonable measures intended to promote <span class="dictionary">micro-business</span> participation in the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. <a id="paragraph-212462" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-965.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">micro-business</span>&#x201D; means a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business with no more than 25 employees. <a id="paragraph-212463" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-965.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 1123.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
