Bill Text: NY A09122 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the empire state development corporation to conduct a study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business capacity enterprise mentorship program.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09122 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9122
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to direct the empire state development corporation to conduct a
          study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business enter-
          prise capacity mentorship program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall conduct a
     2  study  to explore the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business
     3  enterprise capacity mentorship program. The study should focus on  which
     4  agencies  and industries would benefit most from such program, its dura-
     5  tion, and any fiscal implication. The study  should  specifically  focus
     6  on:
     7    a.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
     8  trating in construction;
     9    b. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
    10  trating in professional services;
    11    c.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
    12  trating in standard services;
    13    d. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
    14  trating in goods and purchases;
    15    e.  the  duration  of  time  necessary  for each program concentration
    16  described in paragraphs a through d of this subdivision; and
    17    f. how to facilitate such program as prequalifying  for  participating
    18  minority  and  women-owned  business enterprises to enter into contracts
    19  with such agencies upon completion of the program.
    20    2. Within six months of the effective date of  this  act,  the  empire
    21  state  development  corporation  shall issue a report of its findings of
    22  the feasibility study to the governor, the temporary  president  of  the
    23  senate  and  the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall include, but
    24  not be limited to, the following:
    25    a. actions that can be implemented to establish such capacity  mentor-
    26  ship  program,  a  plan of action for such implementation, and the esti-
    27  mated duration and cost of the program;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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