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Senate Bill S1898

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-S1898 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §313, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7581
2017-2018: S1126
2019-2020: S324
2023-2024: S5111

2021-S1898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S1898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1898
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  AKSHAR, JORDAN -- 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.
                                                            LBD03889-01-1

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