(a)    This section applies to the following minority business enterprises:

(1)    a publicly owned business if 1 or more minority persons own at least 51% of the stock of the business; or

(2)    any other business if 1 or more minority persons own at least 50% of the business.

(b)    Subject to the limitations of any law that governs the activities of other units of the Executive Branch of the State government, the Special Secretary shall:

(1)    carry out each State or federal program that is created to promote the growth of or participation in minority business enterprises;

(2)    promote and coordinate training regarding the requirements of the Minority Business Enterprise Program;

(3)    promote, coordinate, and participate in the plans, programs, and operations of the State government that promote or otherwise affect the establishment, preservation, and strengthening of minority business enterprises;

(4)    promote activities and the use of the resources of the State government, local governments, and private entities for the growth of minority business enterprises;

(5)    coordinate the effort of private entities and public agencies to develop minority business enterprises;

(6)    establish a system to develop, collect, summarize, and give out information that would help a person to:

(i)    establish a minority business enterprise;

(ii)    operate a minority business enterprise successfully; or

(iii)    promote the establishment and successful operation of minority business enterprises; and

(7)    subject to the limitations of law and the availability of funds:

(i)    provide technical and managerial assistance to minority business enterprises;

(ii)    provide the managerial and organizational framework for private entities and units of the State government to plan and carry out joint undertakings that relate to minority business enterprises; and

(iii)    pay, wholly or partly, the costs of a pilot or demonstration project that is intended to overcome the special problems of minority business enterprises.