NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7520

Senate Bill S7520

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development

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2015-S7520 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §315, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S4031
2019-2020: S2213
2021-2022: S3371
2023-2024: S1428

2015-S7520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development.

2015-S7520 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7520

 TITLE OF BILL :  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

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is for the division of minority and women's
business development to issue and annual report which will summarize
all the different information required for their development.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 The division of minority and women's business development
shall issue an annual report which:

(a) Summarizes the report submitted by each contracting agency.

(b) Contains such comparative or other information the director deems
appropriate.

(c) Contains a summary of all waivers which include a description of
the basis of the waiver request and the contracting agency's rationale
for granting the waivers

(d) Describe any efforts to create an information storage or retrieval
system containing information relevant to contracting with minority
and women-owned business enterprises

(e) Have a summary that includes all determinations of violations of
this article by contractor or a contracting agency made during the
period covered by the annual report, and the penalties or sanctions.

(f) Contain a report on contracts by ethnicity, gender, industry,
prime contractor or subcontractor, contract type, goods and purchase,
professional or standard services and value of contract

(g) Summary of all certified minority and women-owned business
enterprises categorized by ethnicity and gender.  Copies of the annual
report should be provided to the commissioner.  The governor, the
comptroller, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of
the Assembly.

 JUSTIFICATION :

For the purpose of better reporting and analysis, this bill is asking
the division of minority and women's development to compile data in a
way, which is more easily disaggregated,

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the
amendments to section 315 of the executive law made by section one of
this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
deemed to expire therewith.

2015-S7520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7520

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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  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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 315 of the executive law, as added
by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  The  division  of  minority and women's business development shall
issue an annual report which: (a) summarizes  the  report  submitted  by
each  contracting  agency pursuant to subdivision three of this section;
(b) contains such comparative or other information as the director deems
appropriate, including but not  limited  to  goals  compared  to  actual
participation  of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state
contracting, to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities  undertaken
by  each  such  contracting agency to promote increased participation by
certified minority or  women-owned  businesses  with  respect  to  state
contracts and subcontracts; (c) contains a summary of all waivers of the
requirements  of  subdivisions  six  and  seven of section three hundred
thirteen of this article allowed by each contracting agency  during  the
period  covered  by  the report, including a description of the basis of
the waiver request and the contracting agency's rationale  for  granting
any such waiver; (d) describes any efforts to create a database or other
information storage and retrieval system containing information relevant
to contracting with minority and women-owned business enterprises; [and]
(e)  contains  a summary of (i) all determinations of violations of this
article by a contractor or a contracting agency made during  the  period
covered by the annual report pursuant to section three hundred sixteen-a
of this article and (ii) the penalties or sanctions, if any, assessed in
connection with such determinations and the rationale for such penalties
or  sanctions;  (F)  CONTAINS REPORTS ON CONTRACTS BY ETHNICITY, GENDER,
INDUSTRY, PRIME CONTRACTOR OR  SUBCONTRACTOR,  CONTRACT  TYPE,  SUCH  AS
CONSTRUCTION, GOODS AND PURCHASE, PROFESSIONAL OR STANDARD SERVICES, AND

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

                                                           LBD13123-05-6

S. 7520                             2

VALUE  OF CONTRACT; AND (G) CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF ALL CERTIFIED MINORITY
AND WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES,  CATEGORIZED  BY  ETHNICITY  AND
GENDER.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "ETHNICITY" SHALL MEAN THE
SAME AS MINORITY GROUP MEMBER AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION
THREE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL INCLUDE CAUCASIAN WOMEN.
Copies of the annual report shall be provided to the  commissioner,  the
governor,  the  comptroller,  the temporary president of the senate, the
speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority
leader of the assembly and shall also be made widely  available  to  the
public  via,  among other things, publication on a website maintained by
the division of minority and women's business development.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments to section 315 of the executive law, made by section one
of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section  and  shall
be deemed to expire therewith.

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