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Assembly Bill A1621B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise

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2023-A1621 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1687
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §314, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2296, S596

2023-A1621 - Summary

Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.

2023-A1621 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1621
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD, WALSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing a rebuttable
   presumption relating to certification as a  minority  and  women-owned
   business enterprise

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  314  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  96  of  the  laws  of  2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. (A) With  the  exception  of  provisional  MWBE  certification,  as
 provided for in subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred ten of
 this  article,  all minority and women-owned business enterprise certif-
 ications shall be valid for a period of five years.
   (B) UPON THE EXPIRATION OF A MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  ENTER-
 PRISE  CERTIFICATION AND THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW APPLICATION FOR FURTHER
 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION, IF THERE  IS
 NO  CHANGE  IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTERPRISE AND NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN
 THE NATURE OR MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE FROM THE TIME OF APPROVAL  OF
 THE PREVIOUS MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION,
 THERE SHALL BE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE PREVIOUS MINORITY-OWNED
 BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  SATISFIES  THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B)
 AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE  AND THAT THE PREVIOUS WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SATISFIES THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF  SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall apply to appli-
 cations submitted by a business  enterprise  for  further  minority  and
 women-owned  business  enterprise  certification  submitted on and after
 such effective date; provided, however,  that  the  amendments  made  to
 section  314 of the executive law made  by section one of this act shall
 not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
 ewith.

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2023-A1621A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1687
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §314, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2296, S596

2023-A1621A - Summary

Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.

2023-A1621A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1621--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD, WALSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing a rebuttable
   presumption relating to certification as a  minority  and  women-owned
   business enterprise
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  314  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  96  of  the  laws  of  2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. (A) With  the  exception  of  provisional  MWBE  certification,  as
 provided for in subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred ten of
 this  article,  all minority and women-owned business enterprise certif-
 ications shall be valid for a period of five years.
   (B) UPON THE EXPIRATION OF A MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  ENTER-
 PRISE  CERTIFICATION AND THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW APPLICATION FOR FURTHER
 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION, IF THERE  IS
 NO  CHANGE  IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTERPRISE AND NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN
 THE NATURE OR MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE FROM THE TIME OF APPROVAL  OF
 THE PREVIOUS MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION,
 THERE SHALL BE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE PREVIOUS MINORITY-OWNED
 BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  SATISFIES  THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B)
 AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE  AND THAT THE PREVIOUS WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SATISFIES THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF  SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall apply to appli-
 cations submitted by a business  enterprise  for  further  minority  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02858-02-3

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2023-A1621B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1687
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §314, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2296, S596

2023-A1621B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.

2023-A1621B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1621--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD, WALSH, WOERNER, STIRPE, AUBRY, MAGNAR-
   ELLI, CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
   to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with  Assem-
   bly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing a rebuttable
   presumption relating to recertification as a minority and  women-owned
   business enterprise
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section  314  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  96  of  the  laws  of  2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. (A) With  the  exception  of  provisional  MWBE  certification,  as
 provided for in subdivision twenty-three of section three hundred ten of
 this  article,  all minority and women-owned business enterprise certif-
 ications shall be valid for a period of five years.
   (B) UPON THE EXPIRATION OF A MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  ENTER-
 PRISE CERTIFICATION AND THE SUBMISSION OF A NEW APPLICATION FOR MINORITY
 AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  RECERTIFICATION,  IF THERE IS NO
 CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTERPRISE AND NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN  THE
 NATURE  OR  MANAGEMENT  OF THE ENTERPRISE FROM THE TIME OF APPROVAL OF A
 PREVIOUS ORIGINAL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  CERTIF-
 ICATION  THAT WAS APPROVED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS, IF SUCH APPLI-
 CATION IS COMPLIANT WITH 21 NYCRR 9606 THEN THERE SHALL BE A  REBUTTABLE
 PRESUMPTION  THAT THE PREVIOUS MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SATIS-
 FIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A),  (B)  AND  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE AND THAT THE PREVIOUS
 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02858-03-4

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