Bill Text: NY S01126 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - referred to governmental operations [S01126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01126-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1126--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. AKSHAR, DeFRANCISCO, HANNON, ORTT, RITCHIE, ROBACH,
          SEWARD -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to  the  Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to minority and women-
          owned business enterprises in state contracts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 313 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     3    6-a.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  six  of  this
     4  section, contracting agencies shall only require a contractor to  comply
     5  with  the  provisions of this section at a rate that correlates with the
     6  percentage of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in
     7  that industry in the economic development region where the  contract  is
     8  to  be  performed. Such percentage of certified minority and women-owned
     9  business enterprises in each region, as such percentage applies  to  the
    10  industries  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of  this section, shall be
    11  published on the department of economic development's website with  each
    12  bid opportunity and shall be updated annually.
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
    14  the amendment to article 15-A of the executive law made by  section  one
    15  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such article and shall be
    16  deemed to expire therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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