Bill Text: NY A09913 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that three percent of all state contracts be procured to veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-20 - referred to veterans' affairs [A09913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09913-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9913
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 20, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Veterans' Affairs
       AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring that three
         percent of all  state  contracts  be  procured  to  veteran-owned  and
         service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  369
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 369. STATE CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERAN-OWNED AND SERVICE-DIS-
    4  ABLED  VETERAN-OWNED  BUSINESSES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A
    5  "VETERAN-OWNED AND SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A
    6  BUSINESS THAT IS: (A) FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OWNED BY A VETERAN AND  (B)  HAS
    7  AN ANNUAL GROSS SALES OF LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
    8    2.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE
    9  MEASURES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THREE  PERCENT  OF  TOTAL  ANNUAL
   10  STATEWIDE  PROCUREMENT  OF STATE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE VETER-
   11  AN-OWNED AND SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.
   12    3. THE DIRECTOR SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH CONTRACTING AGENCY  ADMINISTERS
   13  THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION TWO
   14  OF THIS SECTION.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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