STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
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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 establishing employ-
ment goals for minority-owned and women-owned businesses in accordance
with the provisions of the most recent disparity study
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 310 of the executive law, as
2 added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 21. "The [2010] disparity study" shall refer to the most recent
4 disparity study commissioned by the empire state development corpo-
5 ration, pursuant to section three hundred twelve-a of this article, and
6 published on [April twenty-nine, two thousand ten] June thirtieth, two
7 thousand seventeen.
8 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 1-a and 1-b of section 313 of the executive law,
9 subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 1-a and 1-b as added by chapter
10 175 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
11 1. Goals and requirements for agencies and contractors. Each agency
12 shall structure procurement procedures for contracts made directly or
13 indirectly to minority and women-owned business enterprises, in accord-
14 ance with the findings of the [two thousand ten] most recent disparity
15 study, consistent with the purposes of this article, to attempt to
16 achieve the [following] results recommended in the disparity study with
17 regard to total annual statewide procurement for the following catego-
18 ries of contracts:
19 (a) construction industry for certified minority-owned business enter-
20 prises[: fourteen and thirty-four hundredths percent];
21 (b) construction industry for certified women-owned business enter-
22 prises[: eight and forty-one hundredths percent];
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) construction related professional services industry for certified
2 minority-owned business enterprises[: thirteen and twenty-one hundredths
3 percent];
4 (d) construction related professional services industry for certified
5 women-owned business enterprises[: eleven and thirty-two hundredths
6 percent];
7 (e) non-construction related services industry for certified minori-
8 ty-owned business enterprises[: nineteen and sixty hundredths percent];
9 (f) non-construction related services industry for certified women-
10 owned business enterprises[: seventeen and forty-four hundredths
11 percent];
12 (g) commodities industry for certified minority-owned business enter-
13 prises[: sixteen and eleven hundredths percent];
14 (h) commodities industry for certified women-owned business enter-
15 prises[: ten and ninety-three hundredths percent];
16 (i) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified
17 minority-owned business enterprises[: sixteen and fifty-three hundredths
18 percent];
19 (j) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified
20 women-owned business enterprises[: twelve and thirty-nine hundredths
21 percent]; and
22 (k) overall agency total dollar value of procurement for certified
23 minority, women-owned business enterprises[: twenty-eight and ninety-two
24 hundredths percent].
25 1-a. The director shall ensure that each state agency has been
26 provided with a copy of the [two thousand ten] most recent disparity
27 study.
28 1-b. Each agency shall develop and adopt agency-specific goals based
29 on the findings of the [two thousand ten] most recent disparity study.
30 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
31 the amendments to article 15-A of the executive law, made by sections
32 one and two of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such article
33 and shall be deemed expired therewith.