The following guidance is adapted, with minor modifications, from the United States Small Business Administration's regulations concerning social and economic disadvantage determinations (see 13 C.F.R. 124.103(c) and 124.104) and 49 C.F.R. Part 26. Each nonpresumptive socially and economically disadvantaged owner of a business applying for certification shall submit with the application form the statement of personal net worth and social and economic disadvantage forms with documents which show that the owner is a socially and economically disadvantaged individual. The final determination will be in the sole discretion of the office.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
39.19.030 and
39.19.120. WSR 04-08-093, § 326-20-045, filed 4/6/04, effective 5/7/04.]