Bill Text: NY A02721 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A02721 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02721-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2721

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, DURSO,
          FRIEND, LEMONDES,  McDONOUGH,  MILLER,  MORINELLO  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to minority and women-
          owned business enterprises in state contracts

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 313 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     3    6-a.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  six  of  this
     4  section, contracting agencies shall only require a contractor to  comply
     5  with  the  provisions of this section at a rate that correlates with the
     6  percentage of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in
     7  that industry in the economic development region where the  contract  is
     8  to  be  performed. Such percentage of certified minority and women-owned
     9  business enterprises in each region, as such percentage applies  to  the
    10  industries  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of  this section, shall be
    11  published on the department of economic development's website with  each
    12  bid opportunity and shall be updated annually.
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
    14  the amendments to subdivision 6-a of section 313 of article 15-A of  the
    15  executive  law  made  by  section  one  of this act shall not affect the
    16  repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed therewith.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06598-01-3