State government: small business liaisons.

Existing law requires each state agency that significantly regulates small business or significantly impacts small business to designate at least one individual who shall serve as a small business liaison for the agency. Existing law specifies liaison duties that include reviewing and updating content on the agency Web site that is accessible through the small business link at the State of California Internet portal and assisting the agency secretary, department director, or executive officer in ensuring that the procurement and contracting processes of the applicable entity are administered in order to meet or exceed the 25% small business participation goal. This bill would require a state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business to prominently display the name and contact information of the small business liaison on the agency's Web site, if the agency has a Web site. The bill would require a state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business to notify the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and the Department of General Services of the name and contact information of the person or persons who have been designated as the agency's small business liaison, on or before March 1, 2018, and of the occurrence of a vacancy in the position of small business liaison within 15 working days of the occurrence of the vacancy. The bill would require the state agency to designate a small business liaison within 3 months after providing notice of the vacancy. The bill also would make other, nonsubstantive changes.