Bill Text: NY A01237 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A01237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01237-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1237
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, BRABENEC, MORINELLO -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. FRIEND, STEC -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  minority  and  women-
          owned business enterprises in state contracts
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 313 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     3    6-a.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  six  of  this
     4  section,  contracting agencies shall only require a contractor to comply
     5  with the provisions of this section at a rate that correlates  with  the
     6  percentage of certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in
     7  that  industry  in the economic development region where the contract is
     8  to be performed. Such percentage of certified minority  and  women-owned
     9  business  enterprises  in each region, as such percentage applies to the
    10  industries set forth in  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  shall  be
    11  published  on the department of economic development's website with each
    12  bid opportunity and shall be updated annually.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
    14  the  amendment  to article 15-A of the executive law made by section one
    15  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such article and shall be
    16  deemed to expire therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02763-01-9