Bill Text: NY S00707 | 2021-2022 | 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 enterprise capacity mentorship program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-01 - referred to governmental operations [S00707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00707-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           707

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        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, the utili-
     5  zation of any existing  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise
     6  mentorship  programs,  and  any  fiscal  implications.  The  study shall
     7  specifically focus on:
     8    a. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
     9  trating in construction;
    10    b.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
    11  trating in professional services;
    12    c. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
    13  trating in non-professional services;
    14    d.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
    15  trating in purchases of commodities;
    16    e. the duration of time minority and women-owned business  enterprises
    17  should participate in each program concentration described in paragraphs
    18  a through d of this subdivision;
    19    f.  the  feasibility  that  such successful completion of such program
    20  could be used as a factor for prequalifying participating  minority  and
    21  women-owned business enterprises; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    g.  how  such  program  can be tailored to better prepare minority and
     2  women-owned business enterprises for  bidding  on  contracts  with  such
     3  agencies upon successful completion of the program.
     4    2.  Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the empire
     5  state development corporation shall issue a report of its  findings  and
     6  recommendations  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate
     7  and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall include, but  not  be
     8  limited to, the following:
     9    a.  actions that can be implemented to establish such capacity mentor-
    10  ship program, a plan of action for such implementation,  and  the  esti-
    11  mated  cost  of  the program including any additional division personnel
    12  that may be required;
    13    b. any regulatory actions required by any agency in order to implement
    14  such program, a plan of action for implementing such  actions,  and  the
    15  estimated cost of such implementation;
    16    c.  actions  that require statutory changes in order to be implemented
    17  and the estimated cost of such implementation; and
    18    d. the extent to which any existing minority and women-owned  business
    19  enterprise  mentorship program, including pursuant to section 147 of the
    20  state finance law, has been implemented, and  the  relative  success  of
    21  such programs.
    22    3.  Within  twenty-four  months of the effective date of this act, the
    23  empire state development corporation shall issue a report detailing  the
    24  actions  taken  to  implement  the  recommendations of such study to the
    25  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
    26  assembly. Such report shall include a full examination of all aspects of
    27  a  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise  capacity mentorship
    28  program, the benefits of such program, a proposed plan of action for the
    29  permanent establishment of such program and the estimated cost  of  such
    30  program.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.