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Senate Bill S7858

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of "minority group member" for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts

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2017-S7858 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9820
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §310, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1539

2017-S7858 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of "minority group member" for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts.

2017-S7858 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7858
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- 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 expanding the defi-
   nition of "minority group member" for  purposes  of  participation  by
   minority group members and women with respect to state contracts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 310 of the execu-
 tive law, as added by chapter 261 of the laws of  1988,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (b)  [Hispanic]  HISPANIC/LATINO  persons  of  Mexican,  Puerto Rican,
 Dominican, Cuban, Central or South American of either Indian or Hispanic
 origin, regardless of race;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 310 of the
 executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expi-
 ration 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.
                                                            LBD14704-01-8

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