Bill Text: NY S06609 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the number of persons from three hundred to five hundred to be considered a small business for the purposes of MWBE.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06609 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06609-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6609

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 28, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
          small  business  for  minority group members and women with respect to
          state contracts

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 310 of the executive law, as
     2  added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    20. "Small business" as used in this section, unless  otherwise  indi-
     4  cated,  shall  mean a business which has a significant business presence
     5  in the state, is independently owned and operated, not dominant  in  its
     6  field and employs, based on its industry, a certain number of persons as
     7  determined  by  the  director,  but  not to exceed [three] five hundred,
     8  taking into consideration factors which include, but are not limited to,
     9  federal small business administration standards pursuant to 13 CFR  part
    10  121  and  any  amendments thereto. The director may issue regulations on
    11  the construction of the terms in this definition.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  however,  the
    13  amendments  to  article 15-A of the executive law made by section one of
    14  this act shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed
    15  repealed therewith.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11064-01-3