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Assembly Bill A3910A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to written notice to unsuccessful minority- or women-owned business enterprise bidders on state contracts

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2023-A3910 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1087
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2879, Pub Auth L; amd §143, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10089
2019-2020: A1481, S5338
2021-2022: A5536, S3263
2025-2026: A5011

2023-A3910 - Summary

Requires public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract.

2023-A3910 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3910
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the economic  development
   law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public corporations and agencies to
   provide notice to each minority- or  women-owned  business  enterprise
   that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the
   business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause IV of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (j) of  subdivi-
 sion  3 of section 2879 of the public authorities law, as added by chap-
 ter 174 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new  subparagraph  (I)  is
 added to read as follows:
   IV.  consult  the  most  recent  disparity  study  pursuant to article
 fifteen-A of the executive law[.]; AND
   (I) A REQUIREMENT THAT, WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  AWARDING  OF  A
 CONTRACT,  THE  CORPORATION AWARDING THE CONTRACT PROVIDE NOTICE TO EACH
 MINORITY- OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT UNSUCCESSFULLY BID  ON
 THE  CONTRACT  OF  THE REASON OR REASONS WHY THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WAS
 UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   § 2. Section 143 of the economic development law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE AWARDING OF A CONTRACT, THE AGENCY AWARD-
 ING  THE  CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO EACH MINORITY- OR WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT UNSUCCESSFULLY  BID  ON  THE  CONTRACT  OF  THE
 REASON  OR  REASONS  WHY  THE  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN
 OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03382-01-3

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2023-A3910A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1087
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2879, Pub Auth L; amd §143, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10089
2019-2020: A1481, S5338
2021-2022: A5536, S3263
2025-2026: A5011

2023-A3910A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract.

2023-A3910A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3910--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, McDONALD, WILLIAMS, GIBBS --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and  Commissions  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law and the economic development
   law, in relation to requiring  public  corporations  and  agencies  to
   provide  written  notice  to  each  minority-  or women-owned business
   enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a  contract  of  the  reason  or
   reasons  why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the
   contract
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Clause IV of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (j) of subdivi-
 sion 3 of section 2879 of the public authorities law, as added by  chap-
 ter  174  of  the laws of 2010, is amended and a new subparagraph (I) is
 added to read as follows:
   IV. consult the  most  recent  disparity  study  pursuant  to  article
 fifteen-A of the executive law[.]; AND
   (I)  A  REQUIREMENT  THAT,  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF THE AWARDING OF A
 CONTRACT, THE CORPORATION AWARDING THE CONTRACT PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE
 TO EACH MINORITY- OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT UNSUCCESSFULLY
 BID ON THE CONTRACT OF THE REASON OR REASONS WHY THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
 WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   §  2. Section 143 of the economic development law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE AWARDING OF A CONTRACT, THE AGENCY AWARD-
 ING THE CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  EACH  MINORITY-  OR
 WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT UNSUCCESSFULLY BID ON THE CONTRACT
 OF THE REASON OR REASONS WHY THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN
 OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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