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                                    707
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to direct the empire state development corporation to  conduct  a
   study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business enter-
   prise capacity mentorship program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall conduct a
 study to explore the feasibility of a minority and women-owned  business
 enterprise  capacity mentorship program. The study should focus on which
 agencies and industries would benefit most from such program, the utili-
 zation of any existing  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise
 mentorship  programs,  and  any  fiscal  implications.  The  study shall
 specifically focus on:
   a. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
 trating in construction;
   b.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
 trating in professional services;
   c. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
 trating in non-professional services;
   d.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
 trating in purchases of commodities;
   e. the duration of time minority and women-owned business  enterprises
 should participate in each program concentration described in paragraphs
 a through d of this subdivision;
   f.  the  feasibility  that  such successful completion of such program
 could be used as a factor for prequalifying participating  minority  and
 women-owned business enterprises; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   g.  how  such  program  can be tailored to better prepare minority and
 women-owned business enterprises for  bidding  on  contracts  with  such
 agencies upon successful completion of the program.
   2.  Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the empire
 state development corporation shall issue a report of its  findings  and
 recommendations  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate
 and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall include, but  not  be
 limited to, the following:
   a.  actions that can be implemented to establish such capacity mentor-
 ship program, a plan of action for such implementation,  and  the  esti-
 mated  cost  of  the program including any additional division personnel
 that may be required;
   b. any regulatory actions required by any agency in order to implement
 such program, a plan of action for implementing such  actions,  and  the
 estimated cost of such implementation;
   c.  actions  that require statutory changes in order to be implemented
 and the estimated cost of such implementation; and
   d. the extent to which any existing minority and women-owned  business
 enterprise  mentorship program, including pursuant to section 147 of the
 state finance law, has been implemented, and  the  relative  success  of
 such programs.
   3.  Within  twenty-four  months of the effective date of this act, the
 empire state development corporation shall issue a report detailing  the
 actions  taken  to  implement  the  recommendations of such study to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly. Such report shall include a full examination of all aspects of
 a  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise  capacity mentorship
 program, the benefits of such program, a proposed plan of action for the
 permanent establishment of such program and the estimated cost  of  such
 program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.