Assembly Bill A10456

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10456
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing employ-
   ment goals for minority-owned and women-owned businesses in accordance
   with the provisions of the most recent disparity study
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  21  of  section 310 of the executive law, as
 added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   21. "The [2010] disparity  study"  shall  refer  to  the  MOST  RECENT
 disparity  study  commissioned  by  the  empire state development corpo-
 ration, pursuant to section three hundred twelve-a of this article,  and
 published  on  [April twenty-nine, two thousand ten] JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO
 THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1, 1-a and 1-b of section 313 of the executive  law,
 subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 1-a and 1-b as added by chapter
 175 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Goals  and requirements for agencies and contractors.  Each agency
 shall structure procurement procedures for contracts  made  directly  or
 indirectly  to minority and women-owned business enterprises, in accord-
 ance with the findings of the [two thousand ten] MOST  RECENT  disparity
 study,  consistent  with  the  purposes  of  this article, to attempt to
 achieve the [following] results RECOMMENDED IN THE DISPARITY STUDY  with
 regard  to  total annual statewide procurement FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGO-
 RIES OF CONTRACTS:
   (a) construction industry for certified minority-owned business enter-
 prises[: fourteen and thirty-four hundredths percent];
   (b) construction industry for certified  women-owned  business  enter-
 prises[: eight and forty-one hundredths percent];
   (c)  construction related professional services industry for certified
 minority-owned business enterprises[: thirteen and twenty-one hundredths
 percent];
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15134-01-8
              

 A. 10456                            2
 
   (d) construction related professional services industry for  certified
 women-owned  business  enterprises[:  eleven  and  thirty-two hundredths
 percent];
   (e)  non-construction  related services industry for certified minori-
 ty-owned business enterprises[: nineteen and sixty hundredths percent];
   (f) non-construction related services industry  for  certified  women-
 owned   business   enterprises[:  seventeen  and  forty-four  hundredths
 percent];
   (g) commodities industry for certified minority-owned business  enter-
 prises[: sixteen and eleven hundredths percent];
   (h)  commodities  industry  for  certified women-owned business enter-
 prises[:  ten and ninety-three hundredths percent];
   (i) overall agency total dollar value  of  procurement  for  certified
 minority-owned business enterprises[: sixteen and fifty-three hundredths
 percent];
   (j)  overall  agency  total  dollar value of procurement for certified
 women-owned business enterprises[:  twelve  and  thirty-nine  hundredths
 percent]; and
   (k)  overall  agency  total  dollar value of procurement for certified
 minority, women-owned business enterprises[: twenty-eight and ninety-two
 hundredths percent].
   1-a. The director  shall  ensure  that  each  state  agency  has  been
 provided  with  a  copy  of the [two thousand ten] MOST RECENT disparity
 study.
   1-b. Each agency shall develop and adopt agency-specific  goals  based
 on the findings of the [two thousand ten] MOST RECENT disparity study.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to article 15-A of the executive law,  made  by  sections
 one and two of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such article and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.