Bill Text: NY A09820 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9820 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-22 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A09820 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09820-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9820
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2018
                                       ___________
        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 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.
                                                                   LBD14704-01-8