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Senate Bill S10159

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a minority and women-owned business enterprise participation goal requirement in order to receive grant or appropriation money

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2025-S10159 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7108
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8700
2017-2018: A453
2019-2020: A1484
2021-2022: A7299
2023-2024: A1911

2025-S10159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a minority and women-owned business enterprise participation goal requirement in order to receive grant or appropriation money.

2025-S10159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10159
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  a  minority  and
   women-owned  business  enterprise  participation  goal  requirement in
   order to receive grant or appropriation money
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 4 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. ANY GRANT OR APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO A MUNICIPALITY OR  LOCALITY
 BY  THE  STATE  FOR  THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES SHALL REQUIRE
 SUCH MUNICIPALITY BE IN COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  GOALS  FOR  MINORITY  AND
 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS THREE
 HUNDRED TWELVE AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.  MUNICI-
 PALITY,  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL MEAN ANY VILLAGE, TOWN,
 CITY, COUNTY, OR SCHOOL DISTRICT  WITHIN  THE  STATE.  SUCH  REQUIREMENT
 SHALL  ALSO  APPLY TO ANY ENTITY WHO SUBCONTRACTS WITH A MUNICIPALITY OR
 LOCALITY.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL  SUPERSEDE  AN  APPLICANT'S  OR
 RECIPIENT'S ABILITY TO USE A WAIVER AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH SECTIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10964-01-5

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