Bill Text: NY A09934 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-27 - referred to governmental operations [A09934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09934-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9934
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 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 to  conduct  an  independent  review  of  procurement
          procedures utilized by state agencies
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 311-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. The empire state development corporation, acting through the state-
     4  wide  advocate,  shall  retain  one  or more independent MWBE consultant
     5  firms  to  conduct  an  independent  review  of  procurement  procedures
     6  utilized  by state agencies, the level and training of staff involved in
     7  the procurement process and the outreach measures used by such staff  to
     8  work  with minority-owned and women-owned businesses during the procure-
     9  ment process. The WMBE contractor shall report its findings  and  recom-
    10  mendations  for  improvements  to  the statewide advocate on a quarterly
    11  basis.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that the amendments to section
    14  311-a of the executive law made by section one of  this  act  shall  not
    15  affect  the expiration of article 15-A of the executive law and shall be
    16  deemed to expire therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14760-02-8