Bill Text: NY S07581 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S07581 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07581-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7581 IN SENATE May 10, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance 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 be required to contract with 5 minority and women-owned business enterprises on state contracts and 6 subcontracts at a rate that correlates with the percentage of minority 7 and women-owned business enterprises in that industry in the economic 8 development region where the contract is to be performed. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 10 the amendment to section 313 of the executive law made by section one of 11 this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be 12 deemed to expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15028-02-6
