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Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter defining and detailing the categories of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and of City contracts that must be considered separately by the Finance Director in conducting the Annual Disparity Study and devising the Annual Participation Goals as required by Section 6-109 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, and specifying additional matters that must be included in the Finance Director's annual report required by that Section; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 17. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT.
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CHAPTER 17-1500. ANNUAL DISPARITY STUDY AND PARTICIPATION GOALS.
ยง17-1501. Definitions.
(1) African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups in Africa.
(2) Asian American. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands.
(3) Disabled person. An individual who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of his or her major life activities or has a record of such impairment. "Major life activities" means functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.
(4) Hispanic American. A person of Spanish or Portuguese culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race.
(5) Individual. A natural person.
(6) Native American. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America.
(7) Person. A corporation, partnership or association, or any combination thereof, as well as a natural person.
(8) Qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise or DBE.
(a) A Small Business Enterprise which is at least fifty-one...
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