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Assembly Bill A1237

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts

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2019-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S324
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §313, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10017, S7581
2017-2018: A1549, S1126
2021-2022: A6009, S1898
2023-2024: A2721, S5111
2025-2026: A1488

2019-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.

2019-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1237
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, BRABENEC, MORINELLO -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. FRIEND, STEC -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  minority  and  women-
   owned business enterprises in state contracts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 313 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  CONTRACTING AGENCIES SHALL ONLY REQUIRE A CONTRACTOR TO COMPLY
 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AT A RATE THAT CORRELATES  WITH  THE
 PERCENTAGE OF CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN
 THAT  INDUSTRY  IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION WHERE THE CONTRACT IS
 TO BE PERFORMED. SUCH PERCENTAGE OF CERTIFIED MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  IN EACH REGION, AS SUCH PERCENTAGE APPLIES TO THE
 INDUSTRIES SET FORTH IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE
 PUBLISHED  ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S WEBSITE WITH EACH
 BID OPPORTUNITY AND SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  amendment  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.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02763-01-9

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