Legislative findings

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. Acts 1997, ch. 404, § 2. 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. Acts 1997, ch. 404, § 2.