Bill Text: NY S00958 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 958 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the director of the division of minority and women's business development to provide for the minority and women-owned business certification of business entities owned by Indian nations or tribes.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-28 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S00958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00958-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           958
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, GALLIVAN, KENNEDY, ORTT, SEPULVEDA -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the director
          of  the  division  of  minority  and  women's  business development to
          provide for the certification of certain business entities owned by an
          Indian nation or tribe for participation in  the  minority  and  women
          owned business enterprise program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 314 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. The director shall establish a procedure enabling the  office  to
     4  approve  an  application  by a business entity that is wholly owned by a
     5  Indian nation or tribe, as defined in section two of the Indian law,  in
     6  lieu  of  requiring  the  applicant  to complete the state certification
     7  process.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
     9  ments to article 15-A of the executive law made by section one  of  this
    10  act  shall  not  affect  the expiration of such article and shall expire
    11  therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04564-01-9