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                                   1542
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE,  WRIGHT, SEAWRIGHT, BLAKE, MOSLEY,
   SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, JEAN-PIERRE, HYNDMAN, COOK, WALKER, DAVILA
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, SIMON  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to outreach programming
   for minority and  women-owned  business  enterprises;  and  making  an
   appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section  311  of
 the  executive  law,  as  added  by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their  efforts  to
 increase  participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises
 on state contracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award  of  a
 fair  share  of  such contracts to them AND TO PROVIDE ON THE DIVISION'S
 WEBSITE A LIST OF EACH CONTRACTING  AGENCY'S  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS   ENTERPRISES   CERTIFICATION   OUTREACH   SEMINARS,  CONTACTS,
 RESOURCES, EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES;
   (c) to conduct educational OUTREACH programs TO ENCOURAGE THE  CERTIF-
 ICATION  OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, AS DEFINED BY
 SUBDIVISIONS SEVEN AND FIFTEEN OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  AND  TO  PROMOTE SUCH PROGRAM TO GROUPS OF MINORITIES, WITH AN
 EMPHASIS ON UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES, consistent with  the  purposes
 of  this  article. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORI-
 TIES" MEANS MINORITY GROUPS WITH A STATE CONTRACT PARTICIPATION PERCENT-
 AGE OF LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION, SUCH AS BLACKS AND HISPANICS;
   §  2.  The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of  minority
 and  women's  business development from any moneys in the state treasury
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00188-01-9

 A. 1542                             2
 
 in the general fund to the credit of the  state  purposes  account,  not
 otherwise  appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions
 of section one of this act. Such sum shall be payable on the  audit  and
 warrant  of  the  state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by
 the division of minority and women's business development, or  its  duly
 designated  representative in the manner provided by law. No expenditure
 shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of approval of
 availability shall have been issued by the director of  the  budget  and
 filed  with the state comptroller and a copy filed with the chair of the
 senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly  ways  and  means
 committee.  Such  certificate  may  be  amended from time to time by the
 director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be  filed
 with  the  state  comptroller, the chair of the senate finance committee
 and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to section 311 of the executive law made by section one
 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
 deemed to expire therewith.