Assembly Bill A3523

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies

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2023-A3523 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7245
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §311-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9934
2019-2020: A1507
2021-2022: A5572

2023-A3523 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies.

2023-A3523 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3523
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the empire
   state development corporation to retain one or more  independent  MWBE
   consultant  firms  to  conduct  an  independent  review of procurement
   procedures utilized by state agencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 311-a of the executive law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, ACTING THROUGH THE STATE-
 WIDE ADVOCATE, SHALL RETAIN ONE  OR  MORE  INDEPENDENT  MWBE  CONSULTANT
 FIRMS  TO  CONDUCT  AN  INDEPENDENT  REVIEW  OF  PROCUREMENT  PROCEDURES
 UTILIZED BY STATE AGENCIES, THE LEVEL AND TRAINING OF STAFF INVOLVED  IN
 THE  PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THE OUTREACH MEASURES USED BY SUCH STAFF TO
 WORK WITH MINORITY-OWNED AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES DURING THE  PROCURE-
 MENT  PROCESS.  THE WMBE CONTRACTOR SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOM-
 MENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STATEWIDE  ADVOCATE  ON  A  QUARTERLY
 BASIS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 311-a  of  the  executive  law made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of article 15-A of the  executive  law  and  shall  be
 deemed to repealed therewith.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07282-01-3



              

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