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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 12, 2018
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law and the labor law, in relation to
   assisting contractors to identify minority group members and women for
   hiring opportunities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 3 of section 311 of
 the executive law, paragraph (h) as amended and paragraph (i)  as  added
 by  section  1 of part BB of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (h) notwithstanding the provisions of section two  hundred  ninety-six
 of  this  chapter,  to  file  a  complaint pursuant to the provisions of
 section two hundred ninety-seven of this chapter where the director  has
 knowledge  that  a  contractor may have violated the provisions of para-
 graph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision one of section two hundred  ninety-
 six  of  this  chapter  where  such  violation is unrelated, separate or
 distinct from the state contract as expressed by its terms; [and]
   (i) to streamline the state certification process  to  accept  federal
 and municipal corporation certifications; AND
   (J)  TO  WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH (J) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF
 THE  LABOR  LAW  TO  ASSIST  CONTRACTORS  IN  IDENTIFYING MINORITY GROUP
 MEMBERS AND WOMEN WHO ARE  PARTICIPATING  IN  APPRENTICESHIP  AGREEMENTS
 UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  (j)  and (k) of subdivision 1 of section 811 of the
 labor law, as relettered by chapter 884 of the laws of 1965, are  relet-
 tered paragraphs (k) and (l) and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as
 follows:
   (J)  TO  COOPERATE  WITH  THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND
 WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (J)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW TO ASSIST
 CONTRACTORS IN LOCATING MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS AND WOMEN WHO ARE PARTIC-
 IPATING IN APPRENTICESHIPS AGREEMENTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided, however that the amendments to article 15-A
 of  the  executive  law made by section one of this act shall not affect
 the expiration of such article and shall be deemed to expire  therewith.
 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive  date  are  authorized  to  be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.