Assembly Bill A9886

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the division of minority and women's business development to accept the DD Form 214 issued by the U.S. department of defense as proof of an applicant's race or ethnicity

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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-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7891
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §314, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1450

2017-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the division of minority and women's business development to accept the DD Form 214 issued by the United States department of defense upon retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the armed forces of the United States as proof of the race or ethnicity of an applicant and of certain personal information for purposes of certification of the applicant's business as a minority-owned business.

2017-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9886
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 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 authorizing the divi-
   sion of minority and women's business development  to  accept  the  DD
   Form  214  issued  by  the  United  States  department of defense upon
   retirement, separation, or discharge from active  duty  in  the  armed
   forces  of  the  United  States  as proof of the race or ethnicity and
   certain personal information of an applicant for purposes  of  certif-
   ication of the applicant's business as a minority-owned business
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 314 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B. THE DIRECTOR SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE  ENABLING  AN  APPLICANT
 WHO WAS A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER TO PROVE HIS OR HER RACE OR ETHNICITY,
 DATE  OF  BIRTH, PLACE OF BIRTH AND VERIFICATION OF ADDRESS FOR PURPOSES
 OF CERTIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT'S BUSINESS AS A  MINORITY-OWNED  BUSI-
 NESS  BY  SUBMISSION  OF  THE DD FORM 214 ISSUED TO THE APPLICANT BY THE
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UPON  SUCH  APPLICANT'S  RETIREMENT,
 SEPARATION,  OR  DISCHARGE  FROM  ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 UNITED STATES, PROVIDED THE DD FORM 214  CONTAINS SUCH  INFORMATION,  IN
 LIEU  OF  REQUIRING  THE APPLICANT TO OTHERWISE PROVE HIS OR HER RACE OR
 ETHNICITY. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS  TO  SET
 FORTH CRITERIA FOR THE  ACCEPTANCE OF THE DD FORM 214 BY THE OFFICE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 314
 of the executive law made by section one of this act  shall  not  affect
 the expiration of such section and shall be deemed expired therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14733-02-8

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