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                                   6373
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  labor  law,  in  relation  to
   assisting contractors to identify minority group members and women for
   hiring opportunities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 3 of section  311  of
 the  executive  law, paragraph (h) as amended and paragraph (i) as added
 by section 1 of part BB of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006,  are  amended
 to read as follows:
   (h)  notwithstanding  the provisions of section two hundred ninety-six
 of this chapter, to file a  complaint  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 section  two hundred ninety-seven of this chapter where the director has
 knowledge that a contractor may have violated the  provisions  of  para-
 graph  (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision one of section two hundred ninety-
 six of this chapter where  such  violation  is  unrelated,  separate  or
 distinct from the state contract as expressed by its terms; [and]
   (i)  to  streamline  the state certification process to accept federal
 and municipal corporation certifications; AND
   (J) TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  (J) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED ELEVEN OF
 THE LABOR LAW  TO  ASSIST  CONTRACTORS  IN  IDENTIFYING  MINORITY  GROUP
 MEMBERS  AND  WOMEN  WHO  ARE PARTICIPATING IN APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENTS
 UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE LABOR LAW.
   § 2. Paragraphs (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of  section  811  of  the
 labor  law, as relettered by chapter 884 of the laws of 1965, are relet-
 tered paragraphs (k) and (l) and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as
 follows:
   (J) TO COOPERATE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE  DIVISION  OF  MINORITY  AND
 WOMEN'S  BUSINESS  DEVELOPMENT  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (J) OF SUBDIVISION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 6373                             2
 
 THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW  TO  ASSIST
 CONTRACTORS IN LOCATING MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS AND WOMEN WHO ARE PARTIC-
 IPATING IN APPRENTICESHIPS AGREEMENTS;
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however that the amendments 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.
 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized to be made and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.