Bill Text: NY A00287 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-16 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A00287 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00287-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           287
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requirements of the
          annual report from the  division  of  minority  and  women's  business
          development
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 315 of the executive law, as added
     2  by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4. The division of minority and  women's  business  development  shall
     4  issue  an  annual  report  which: (a) summarizes the report submitted by
     5  each contracting agency pursuant to subdivision three of  this  section;
     6  (b) contains such comparative or other information as the director deems
     7  appropriate,  including  but  not  limited  to  goals compared to actual
     8  participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in  state
     9  contracting,  to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities undertaken
    10  by each such contracting agency to promote  increased  participation  by
    11  certified  minority  or  women-owned  businesses  with  respect to state
    12  contracts and subcontracts; (c) contains a summary of all waivers of the
    13  requirements of subdivisions six and  seven  of  section  three  hundred
    14  thirteen  of  this article allowed by each contracting agency during the
    15  period covered by the report, including a description of  the  basis  of
    16  the  waiver  request and the contracting agency's rationale for granting
    17  any such waiver; (d) describes any efforts to create a database or other
    18  information storage and retrieval system containing information relevant
    19  to contracting with minority and women-owned business enterprises; [and]
    20  (e) contains a summary of (i) all determinations of violations  of  this
    21  article  by  a contractor or a contracting agency made during the period
    22  covered by the annual report pursuant to section three hundred sixteen-a
    23  of this article and (ii) the penalties or sanctions, if any, assessed in
    24  connection with such determinations and the rationale for such penalties
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  or sanctions; (f) contains information on each contract identifying  the
     2  following:  (i)  whether  it  is  a contract for goods or services; (ii)
     3  whether the contract was awarded to a certified minority-owned  business
     4  enterprise  or  a certified women-owned business enterprise and identify
     5  which minority  group  member  the  minority-owned  business  enterprise
     6  relies on for certification pursuant to this article; (iii) the name and
     7  business  address  of  prime  contractors  and  subcontractors providing
     8  services under  such  contract;  and  (iv)  the  dollar  value  of  such
     9  contract;  and  (g)  contains  a  summary  of all certified minority and
    10  women-owned business enterprises,  categorized  by  the  minority  group
    11  member  that  such  minority-owned  business  enterprise  relies  on for
    12  certification pursuant to this article and by gender.    Copies  of  the
    13  annual  report  shall be provided to the commissioner, the governor, the
    14  comptroller, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker  of  the
    15  assembly,  the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the
    16  assembly and shall also be made widely  available  to  the  public  via,
    17  among  other things, publication on a website maintained by the division
    18  of minority and women's business development.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    20  the  amendments to section 315 of the executive law, made by section one
    21  of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section  and  shall
    22  be deemed to expire therewith.