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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE,  GOTTFRIED, SOLAGES, MOSLEY, COOK,
  SEAWRIGHT, WALKER, ROBINSON, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BRENNAN, DAVILA, ENGLEBRIGHT, KEARNS, ROZIC -- read once and  referred
  to  the  Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to direct the empire state development corporation to conduct a
  study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business enter-
  prise capacity mentorship program

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

  Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall conduct a
study  to explore the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business
enterprise capacity mentorship program. The study should focus on  which
agencies and industries would benefit most from such program, the utili-
zation  of  any  existing  minority  and women-owned business enterprise
mentorship programs,  and  any  fiscal  implications.  The  study  shall
specifically focus on:
  a.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
trating in construction;
  b. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
trating in professional services;
  c.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
trating in non-professional services;
  d. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
trating in purchases of commodities;
  e.  the duration of time minority and women-owned business enterprises
should participate in each program concentration described in paragraphs
a through d of this subdivision;
  f. the feasibility that such successful  completion  of  such  program
could  be  used as a factor for prequalifying participating minority and
women-owned business enterprises; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13121-03-6

              

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  g. how such program can be tailored to  better  prepare  minority  and
women-owned  business  enterprises  for  bidding  on contracts with such
agencies upon successful completion of the program.
  2.  Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the empire
state development corporation shall issue a report of its  findings  and
recommendations  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate
and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall include, but  not  be
limited to, the following:
  a.  actions that can be implemented to establish such capacity mentor-
ship program, a plan of action for such implementation,  and  the  esti-
mated  cost  of  the program including any additional division personnel
that may be required;
  b. any regulatory actions required by any agency in order to implement
such program, a plan of action for implementing such  actions,  and  the
estimated cost of such implementation;
  c.  actions  that require statutory changes in order to be implemented
and the estimated cost of such implementation; and
  d. the extent to which any existing minority and women-owned  business
enterprise  mentorship program, including pursuant to section 147 of the
state finance law, has been implemented, and  the  relative  success  of
such programs.
  3.  Within  twenty-four  months of the effective date of this act, the
empire state development corporation shall issue a report detailing  the
actions  taken  to  implement  the  recommendations of such study to the
governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
assembly. Such report shall include a full examination of all aspects of
a  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise  capacity mentorship
program, the benefits of such program, a proposed plan of action for the
permanent establishment of such program and the estimated cost  of  such
program.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.