Bill Text: NY A09906 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain an independent MWBE consultant firm for the purpose of helping reduce contractor violations of the provisions of article 15-A of the executive law and requires contractors in violation of the provisions of article 15-A of the executive law to retain independent monitors to oversee compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-22 - referred to governmental operations [A09906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09906-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9906
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 22, 2018
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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 authorizing the empire
          state  development  corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE
          consultant  firms  for  the  purpose  of  helping  reduce   contractor
          violations  of the provisions of article 15-A of the executive law and
          requiring contractors in violation of the provisions of  article  15-A
          of the executive law to retain independent monitors to oversee compli-
          ance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 315 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. The empire state development corporation shall retain one  or  more
     4  independent  MWBE  consultant  firms  for  the purpose of helping reduce
     5  contractor violations of the provisions of this article. Any  contractor
     6  found by the director to be in violation of the provisions of this arti-
     7  cle  shall  be required by the director to retain an independent monitor
     8  who shall examine the circumstances under which a contractor's violation
     9  or  violations  occurred,  assist  the  contractor  in  rectifying   its
    10  violations,  implement any remedial action plan as described in subdivi-
    11  sions six and seven of  this  section,  and,  until  such  time  as  the
    12  contractor  is no longer in violation of the provisions of this article,
    13  operate as an independent monitor to oversee the contractor's compliance
    14  with its obligations under this article. The contractor's monitor  shall
    15  provide  regular  reports  concerning  the  contractor's  compliance and
    16  progress to the MWBE contractor assigned to review the contractor.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 315
    19  of  the  executive  law made by section one of this act shall not affect
    20  the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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