Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.
43.60A.190 - Certified veteran-owned businesses.

RCW 43.60A.190
Certified veteran-owned businesses.

(1) The department shall:
(a) Maintain a current list of certified veteran-owned businesses; and
(b) Make the list of certified veteran-owned businesses available on the department's public website.
(2) To qualify as a certified veteran-owned business, the business must:
(a) Be at least fifty-one percent owned and controlled by:
(i) A veteran as defined as every person who at the time he or she seeks certification has received a discharge with an honorable characterization or received a discharge for medical reasons with an honorable record, where applicable, and who has served in at least one of the capacities listed in RCW 41.04.007;
(ii) A person who is in receipt of disability compensation or pension from the department of veterans affairs; or
(iii) An active or reserve member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard, coast guard, and armed forces reserves; and
(b) Be either an enterprise which is incorporated in the state of Washington as a Washington domestic corporation, or an enterprise whose principal place of business is located within the state of Washington for enterprises which are not incorporated.
(3) To participate in the linked deposit program under chapter 43.86A RCW, a veteran-owned business qualified under this section must be certified by the department as a business:
(a) In which the veteran owner possesses and exercises sufficient expertise specifically in the business's field of operation to make decisions governing the long-term direction and the day-to-day operations of the business;
(b) That is organized for profit and performing a commercially useful function; and
(c) That meets the criteria for a small business concern as established under chapter 39.19 RCW.
(4) The department shall create a logo for the purpose of identifying veteran-owned businesses to the public. The department shall put the logo on an adhesive sticker or decal suitable for display in a business window and distribute the stickers or decals to veteran-owned businesses listed with the department.
(5)(a) Businesses may submit an application on a form prescribed by the department to apply for certification under this section.
(b) The department must notify the state treasurer of veteran-owned businesses who have participated in the linked deposit program and are no longer certified under this section. The written notification to the state treasurer must contain information regarding the reasons for the decertification and information on financing provided to the veteran-owned business under RCW 43.86A.060.
(6) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

[ 2017 c 185 § 7; 2014 c 182 § 1; 2008 c 187 § 1; 2007 c 11 § 1.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 43 - State Government—Executive

Chapter 43.60A - Department of Veterans Affairs.

43.60A.010 - Definitions.

43.60A.020 - Department created—Powers, duties, and functions.

43.60A.030 - Director—Qualifications—Salary—Vacancy.

43.60A.040 - General powers and duties of director.

43.60A.050 - Deputy director—Assistant directors.

43.60A.060 - Delegation of powers and duties.

43.60A.070 - Additional powers and duties of director.

43.60A.075 - Powers as to state veterans' homes.

43.60A.080 - Veterans affairs advisory committee—Created—Membership—Terms—Powers and duties.

43.60A.100 - Counseling services—Veterans, including national guard and reservists.

43.60A.101 - Peer-to-peer support program—Report to the legislature.

43.60A.110 - Counseling—Coordination of programs.

43.60A.120 - Counseling—Priority.

43.60A.130 - Counseling—Posttraumatic stress disorder and combat stress program.

43.60A.140 - Veterans stewardship account.

43.60A.150 - Veterans conservation corps—Created.

43.60A.151 - Veterans conservation corps—Employment assistance—Agreements for educational benefits—Receipt of gifts, grants, or federal moneys.

43.60A.152 - Collaboration with departments implementing the Washington conservation corps.

43.60A.154 - Agreements with federal entities for projects.

43.60A.155 - Cooperation with the salmon recovery funding board regarding project work.

43.60A.160 - Veterans innovations program.

43.60A.175 - Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Rule-making authority.

43.60A.185 - Veterans innovations program account.

43.60A.190 - Certified veteran-owned businesses.

43.60A.195 - Veteran-owned business certification—Rules—Outreach.

43.60A.200 - Awards of procurement contracts by state agencies to veteran-owned businesses.

43.60A.210 - Donations to disabled veterans assistance account.

43.60A.215 - Disabled veterans assistance account.

43.60A.220 - Helmets to hardhats program.

43.60A.230 - Veterans service officer program.

43.60A.235 - Veterans service officer fund.

43.60A.240 - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer coordinator—Created—Duties—Report.

43.60A.245 - Military spouse liaison—Created—Duties.

43.60A.250 - Purple heart state—Signage—Account.

43.60A.260 - Suicide prevention community-based services grant program.

43.60A.270 - Veterans and military members suicide prevention account.

43.60A.275 - Governor's challenge team and service members, veterans, and their families suicide prevention advisory committee—Biannual report on plan implementation.

43.60A.280 - Mental health, well-being, and suicide prevention resources.

43.60A.900 - Transfer of personnel of department of social and health services engaged in veterans' services—Rights preserved.

43.60A.903 - Certification when apportionments of budgeted funds required because of transfers.

43.60A.904 - Federal programs—Rules and regulations—Internal reorganization to meet federal requirements—Construction to comply with federal law—Conflicting parts inoperative.

43.60A.906 - Collective bargaining units or agreements not altered.

43.60A.907 - Liberal construction—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 115.