CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

              ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8015

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 11, 2000   YEAS 46   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2000   YEAS 98   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8015 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

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Governor of the State of Washington

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               ENGROSSED SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8015

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Honeyford, Rasmussen, Fairley, Oke, Patterson, Heavey, Rossi, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Winsley, Bauer, Stevens and Kohl‑Welles

Read first time 01/12/2000.  Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing & Financial Institutions.

Requesting the office of minority and women's business enterprises to certify socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, including those owned by disabled persons. 

    TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES:

    We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:

    WHEREAS, The state has a strong interest in enhancing opportunities for disabled persons who own and control businesses to compete in the free market and support themselves through gainful employment; and

    WHEREAS, The state should encourage fair and equal opportunities for disabled persons who own and control businesses to be awarded public contracts;

    NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists request that the office of minority and women's business enterprises certify businesses owned and controlled by persons who can demonstrate social and economic disadvantage, including persons with a disability who can demonstrate social and economic disadvantage on that basis, as socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.

    BE IT RESOLVED, That a copy of this Memorial be transmitted to the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.

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