Senate Bill S1787

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires agencies to post contractor utilization plans on the agency website

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4092 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1787 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4092
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §313, Exec L

2009-S1787 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires agencies to post contractor utilization plans on the agency website.

2009-S1787 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1787

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 contractor utilization
  plans

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 313 of the execu-
tive  law,  as  added  by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) Contracting agencies shall administer the  rules  and  regulations
promulgated  by the director to ensure compliance with the provisions of
this section. Such rules and regulations: shall require a contractor  to
submit a utilization plan after bids are opened, when bids are required,
but  prior to the award of a state contract; shall require the contract-
ing agency to review the utilization plan submitted  by  the  contractor
AND  TO  POST  THE UTILIZATION PLAN AND ANY WAIVERS OF COMPLIANCE ISSUED
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS  SECTION  ON  THE  WEBSITE  OF  THE
CONTRACTING  AGENCY within a reasonable period of time as established by
the director;  shall  require  the  contracting  agency  to  notify  the
contractor  in writing within a period of time specified by the director
as to any deficiencies contained in the contractor's  utilization  plan;
shall  require  remedy  thereof within a period of time specified by the
director; [may] SHALL require the contractor to submit periodic  compli-
ance  reports relating to the operation and implementation of any utili-
zation plan; shall allow a contractor to apply for a  partial  or  total
waiver of the minority and women-owned business enterprise participation
requirements  pursuant  to  subdivisions  five  and six of this section;
shall allow a contractor to file a complaint with the director  pursuant
to  subdivision  seven of this section in the event a contracting agency
has failed or refused to issue a waiver of the minority and  women-owned
business  enterprise  participation  requirements  or  has  denied  such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04441-01-9
              

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