(1) The general assembly finds the following:(1) Minority business councils have been created to serve, support and promote minority business interests and minority-owned business entities in Tennessee urban communities;(2) Such councils have enhanced the ability of minority business to procure employment opportunities in each council's respective community; and(3) At present, each council has independent and often duplicative certification procedures and no reciprocity provisions exist between the various councils.
(1) Minority business councils have been created to serve, support and promote minority business interests and minority-owned business entities in Tennessee urban communities;
(2) Such councils have enhanced the ability of minority business to procure employment opportunities in each council's respective community; and
(3) At present, each council has independent and often duplicative certification procedures and no reciprocity provisions exist between the various councils.