00 HOUSE BILL NO. 18 am S                                                                                                  
01 "An Act extending to certain partnerships and corporations the 10 percent                                               
02 procurement preference currently given to certain sole proprietorships who are                                          
03 Alaska bidders and owned by persons with disabilities."                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 36.30.170(e) is amended to read:                                                                    
06  (e)  If a bidder qualifies under (b) of this section as an Alaska bidder, is a                                       
07 qualifying entity [SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO                                                      
08 IS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY], and is the lowest responsible and responsive                                            
09 bidder with a bid that is not more than 10 percent higher than the lowest bid, the                                      
10 procurement officer shall award the contract to that bidder.  This subsection does not                                  
11 give a bidder who would otherwise qualify for a preference under this subsection a                                      
12 preference over another bidder who would otherwise qualify for a preference under this                                  
13 subsection or (f) of this section.  In this subsection, "qualifying entity" means a                                    
14   (1)  sole proprietorship owned by a person with a disability;                                                        
01   (2)  partnership if each of the partners is a person with a disability;                                              
02 or                                                                                                                      
03   (3)  corporation that is wholly owned by individuals and each of the                                                 
04 individuals is a person with a disability.                                                                             
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 36.30.170(h) is amended to read:                                                                       
06  (h)  A preference under (c), (e), or (f) of this section is in addition to any other                                  
07 preference for which the bidder qualifies, including the preference under (b) of this                                   
08 section; however, a bidder may not receive a preference under both (c) and (e), (c)                                    
09 and (f), or (e) and (f) of this section for the same contract.