| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to finance |
| Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S324
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2019-S324 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S324
SPONSOR: AKSHAR
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
minority and women-owned business enterprises in state contracts
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprises in relation to
state contracts.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Section 313 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision six of this section,
contracting agencies shall only be required to contract with minority
and women-owned business enterprises on state contracts and subcontracts
at a rate that correlates with the percentage of minority and women
owned business enterprises in that industry in the economic' development
2019-S324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
324
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 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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