Senate Bill S6609

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of small business for minority group members and women with respect to state contracts

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7099
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §310, Exec L

2023-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of persons from three hundred to five hundred to be considered a small business for the purposes of MWBE.

2023-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6609
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  the  definition  of
   small  business  for  minority group members and women with respect to
   state contracts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 310 of the executive law, as
 added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   20. "Small business" as used in this section, unless  otherwise  indi-
 cated,  shall  mean a business which has a significant business presence
 in the state, is independently owned and operated, not dominant  in  its
 field and employs, based on its industry, a certain number of persons as
 determined  by  the  director,  but  not to exceed [three] FIVE hundred,
 taking into consideration factors which include, but are not limited to,
 federal small business administration standards pursuant to 13 CFR  part
 121  and  any  amendments thereto. The director may issue regulations on
 the construction of the terms in this definition.
   § 2. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  however,  the
 amendments  to  article 15-A of the executive law made by section one of
 this act shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11064-01-3

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