Bill Text: NY A00230 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 230 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the empire state development corporation to conduct a study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business capacity enterprise mentorship program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-09 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A00230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00230-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           230
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to direct the empire state development corporation to conduct a
          study on the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business enter-
          prise capacity mentorship program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. 1. The empire state development corporation shall conduct a
     2  study  to explore the feasibility of a minority and women-owned business
     3  enterprise capacity mentorship program. The study should focus on  which
     4  agencies and industries would benefit most from such program, the utili-
     5  zation  of  any  existing  minority  and women-owned business enterprise
     6  mentorship programs,  and  any  fiscal  implications.  The  study  shall
     7  specifically focus on:
     8    a.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
     9  trating in construction;
    10    b. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
    11  trating in professional services;
    12    c.  which  state agencies would benefit most from such program concen-
    13  trating in non-professional services;
    14    d. which state agencies would benefit most from such  program  concen-
    15  trating in purchases of commodities;
    16    e.  the duration of time minority and women-owned business enterprises
    17  should participate in each program concentration described in paragraphs
    18  a through d of this subdivision;
    19    f. the feasibility that such successful  completion  of  such  program
    20  could  be  used as a factor for prequalifying participating minority and
    21  women-owned business enterprises; and
    22    g. how such program can be tailored to  better  prepare  minority  and
    23  women-owned  business  enterprises  for  bidding  on contracts with such
    24  agencies upon successful completion of the program.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01033-01-7

        A. 230                              2
     1    2. Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the  empire
     2  state  development  corporation shall issue a report of its findings and
     3  recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of  the  senate
     4  and  the  speaker of the assembly. Such report shall include, but not be
     5  limited to, the following:
     6    a.  actions that can be implemented to establish such capacity mentor-
     7  ship program, a plan of action for such implementation,  and  the  esti-
     8  mated  cost  of  the program including any additional division personnel
     9  that may be required;
    10    b. any regulatory actions required by any agency in order to implement
    11  such program, a plan of action for implementing such  actions,  and  the
    12  estimated cost of such implementation;
    13    c.  actions  that require statutory changes in order to be implemented
    14  and the estimated cost of such implementation; and
    15    d. the extent to which any existing minority and women-owned  business
    16  enterprise  mentorship program, including pursuant to section 147 of the
    17  state finance law, has been implemented, and  the  relative  success  of
    18  such programs.
    19    3.  Within  twenty-four  months of the effective date of this act, the
    20  empire state development corporation shall issue a report detailing  the
    21  actions  taken  to  implement  the  recommendations of such study to the
    22  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
    23  assembly. Such report shall include a full examination of all aspects of
    24  a  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprise  capacity mentorship
    25  program, the benefits of such program, a proposed plan of action for the
    26  permanent establishment of such program and the estimated cost  of  such
    27  program.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.