Assembly Bill A3963

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to participation in state contracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2006
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§311, 312, 313, 315 & 316, Exec L; amd §§137, 139-f & 139-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4457
2013-2014: S3570
2015-2016: S3787
2017-2018: S4512
2019-2020: S2233
2021-2022: A7519, S3919

2023-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; requires quarterly reports from contracting agencies; addresses consequences if contracting agency fails to comply with reporting requirements; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

2023-A3963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3963
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMON, ZINERMAN, SEAWRIGHT,
   JACKSON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to participation by
   minority group  members  and  women  with  respect  to  certain  state
   contracts; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to perform-
   ance and payment bond requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 311 of the  executive  law,
 subdivision  3  as  added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, paragraphs
 (d) and (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 55  of  the  laws  of
 1992,  paragraphs (f) and (j) as amended and paragraphs (l), (m) and (n)
 of subdivision 3 as added by chapter 567 of the laws of 2022, the  open-
 ing  paragraph of subdivision 4 as amended and paragraph (d-1) of subdi-
 vision 3 and paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 4 as added by chapter
 96 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (g) of subdivision  3  as  amended  by
 section  1  of part BB of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs (h)
 and (i) as amended and paragraph (k) of subdivision 3 as added by  chap-
 ter 825 of the laws of 2021, and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 361
 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:
   (a)  to  encourage and assist contracting agencies in their efforts to
 increase participation by minority and women-owned business  enterprises
 on state contracts and subcontracts [so as] to facilitate the award of a
 fair  share  of  such contracts to them AND TO PROVIDE ON THE DIVISION'S
 WEBSITE A LIST OF EACH CONTRACTING  AGENCY'S  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFICATION OUTREACH SEMINARS;
   (b) to develop standardized forms and reporting documents necessary to
 implement this article;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05916-01-3
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