Bill Text: NY A07562 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to required prime contractor executive management staff for state contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A07562 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07562-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7562
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 19, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  required  prime
         contractor executive management staff for state contracts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2-a of section 313 of
    2  the executive law, as added by chapter 175 of  the  laws  of  2010,  are
    3  amended and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as follows:
    4    (h)  provide  for  the  collection  of statistical data by each agency
    5  concerning actual minority and women-owned business  enterprise  partic-
    6  ipation; [and]
    7    (i)  require  each  agency to consult the most current disparity study
    8  when calculating agency-wide and contract specific  participation  goals
    9  pursuant to this article[.]; AND
   10    (J)  REQUIRE  THAT EACH PRIME CONTRACTOR INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE MINORITY
   11  AND ONE WOMAN AS PART OF THEIR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT STAFF. IF SUCH PRIME
   12  CONTRACTOR DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE REQUIRED STAFF AS SET FORTH UNDER
   13  THIS PARAGRAPH, SUCH CONTRACTOR SHALL, PRIOR TO  RECEIVING  ANY  FUNDING
   14  FOR SUCH CONTRACT, (I) ESTABLISH A JOINT VENTURE WITH A CERTIFIED MINOR-
   15  ITY OR WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND BOTH BUSINESSES SHALL THEN SERVE AS
   16  CO-PRIME  CONTRACTORS; OR (II) IDENTIFY A PERSON OR PERSONS TO FILL SUCH
   17  EXECUTIVE POSITION FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  however,  that
   19  the  amendments  to section 313 of the executive law made by section one
   20  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
   21  deemed to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11035-02-5