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if, in the course of business, he: <br /> <br /> 1. Fraudulently obtains or retains certification as <br />a minority business enterprise; <br /> <br /> 2. Willfully makes a false statement knowing it to be <br />untrue, whether by affidavit, report or other <br />representation, to an official or employee of a public body <br />for the purpose of influencing the certification or denial <br />of certification of any business entity as a minority <br />business enterprise; <br /> <br /> 3. Willfully obstructs or impedes any agency official <br />or employee who is investigating the qualifications of a <br />business entity which has requested certification as a <br />minority business enterprise; or <br /> <br /> 4. Fraudulently obtains public moneys reserved for or <br />allocated or available to minority business enterprises. <br /> <br /> B. For the purposes of this section, "minority <br />business enterprise" means a small business that is both <br />owned and controlled by minorities or by women. This means <br />that minorities or women must own fifty-one percent of the <br />business, and that they must control the management and <br />daily operations of the business. Minorities include <br />Blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, American Indians and <br />Alaskan Natives and members of other groups or other <br />individuals who the Small Business Administration (SBA) has <br />determined are economically and socially disadvantaged <br />under Section 8 (a) of the Small Business Act. (15 USCS <br />section 637). <br /> <br /> 3. That this ordinance shall take effect on July 1, <br />1987. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virqinia, at a meeting held June 9, 1987. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />