Bill Text: NY A01539 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the definition of "minority group member" for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A01539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01539-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1539
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BICHOTTE, PERRY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  expanding  the  defi-
          nition  of  "minority  group  member" for purposes of participation by
          minority group members and women with respect to state contracts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 310 of the execu-
     2  tive  law,  as  added  by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (b) [Hispanic]  Hispanic/Latino  persons  of  Mexican,  Puerto  Rican,
     5  Dominican, Cuban, Central or South American of either Indian or Hispanic
     6  origin, regardless of race;
     7    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     8  the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 310  of  the
     9  executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expi-
    10  ration of such section and shall be deemed expired therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00187-01-9