Bill Text: NY S07687 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S07687 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07687-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7687 IN SENATE February 8, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 315 of the executive law, as added 2 by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 3 4. The division of minority and women's business development shall 4 issue an annual report which: (a) summarizes the report submitted by 5 each contracting agency pursuant to subdivision three of this section; 6 (b) contains such comparative or other information as the director deems 7 appropriate, including but not limited to goals compared to actual 8 participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state 9 contracting, to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities undertaken 10 by each such contracting agency to promote increased participation by 11 certified minority or women-owned businesses with respect to state 12 contracts and subcontracts; (c) contains a summary of all waivers of the 13 requirements of subdivisions six and seven of section three hundred 14 thirteen of this article allowed by each contracting agency during the 15 period covered by the report, including a description of the basis of 16 the waiver request and the contracting agency's rationale for granting 17 any such waiver; (d) describes any efforts to create a database or other 18 information storage and retrieval system containing information relevant 19 to contracting with minority and women-owned business enterprises; [and] 20 (e) contains a summary of (i) all determinations of violations of this 21 article by a contractor or a contracting agency made during the period 22 covered by the annual report pursuant to section three hundred sixteen-a 23 of this article and (ii) the penalties or sanctions, if any, assessed in 24 connection with such determinations and the rationale for such penalties 25 or sanctions; (f) contains information on each contract identifying the 26 following: (i) whether it is a contract for goods or services; (ii) EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01519-01-7S. 7687 2 1 whether the contract was awarded to a certified minority-owned business 2 enterprise or a certified women-owned business enterprise and identify 3 which minority group member the minority-owned business enterprise 4 relies on for certification pursuant to this article; (iii) the name and 5 business address of prime contractors and subcontractors providing 6 services under such contract; and (iv) the dollar value of such 7 contract; and (g) contains a summary of all certified minority and 8 women-owned business enterprises, categorized by the minority group 9 member that such minority-owned business enterprise relies on for 10 certification pursuant to this article and by gender. Copies of the 11 annual report shall be provided to the commissioner, the governor, the 12 comptroller, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the 13 assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the 14 assembly and shall also be made widely available to the public via, 15 among other things, publication on a website maintained by the division 16 of minority and women's business development. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 18 the amendments to section 315 of the executive law, made by section one 19 of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall 20 be deemed to expire therewith.
