Senate Bill S4512

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to participation in state contracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements

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  • 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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2017-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§311, 312, 313, 315 & 316, Exec L; amd §§137, 139-f & 139-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4457
2013-2014: S3570
2015-2016: S3787
2019-2020: S2233
2021-2022: S3919
2023-2024: S2006

2017-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; requires quarterly reports from contracting agencies; addresses consequences if contracting agency fails to comply with reporting requirements; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

2017-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4512
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  participation  by
   minority  group  members  and  women  with  respect  to  certain state
   contracts; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to perform-
   ance and payment bond requirements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 311 of the executive law,
 subdivision 3 as added by chapter 261 of the laws  of  1988,  paragraphs
 (d)  and  (e)  of  subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of
 1992, paragraphs (g) and (h) of subdivision 3 as amended  and  paragraph
 (i)  of  subdivision 3 as added by section 1 of part BB of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2006 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 361 of the laws
 of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:
   (a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their  efforts  to
 increase  participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises
 on state contracts and subcontracts [so as] to facilitate the award of a
 fair share of such contracts to them AND TO PROVIDE  ON  THE  DIVISION'S
 WEBSITE  A  LIST  OF  EACH CONTRACTING AGENCY'S MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFICATION OUTREACH SEMINARS;
   (b) to develop standardized forms and reporting documents necessary to
 implement this article;
   (c) to conduct educational OUTREACH programs TO ENCOURAGE THE  CERTIF-
 ICATION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES consistent with
 the purposes of this article;
   (d) to review [periodically] QUARTERLY the practices and procedures of
 each  contracting  agency with respect to compliance with the provisions
 of this article, and  to  require  them  to  file  [periodic]  QUARTERLY
 reports  with  the division of minority and women's business development
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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