Bill Text: NY S03017 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to contractual relationships with minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03017 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03017-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3017

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law,  in
          relation  to  contractual  relationships with minority and women-owned
          businesses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.    Section  139-f  of  the state finance law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. Any contractor who subcontracts and/or has  a  joint  venture  with
     4  minority  and  women-owned businesses on a public work project and prior
     5  to completion of such project  the  contractor  ceases  its  contractual
     6  relationship  with any to all minority and women-owned businesses, he or
     7  she shall report such change in relationship to the public owner of such
     8  project and the division of minority and women's  business  development.
     9  Failure  to  report  within  seven  calendar days shall result in a fine
    10  determined by the director of the division of minority and women's busi-
    11  ness development.
    12    § 2.  Section 106-b of the general municipal law is amended by  adding
    13  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    14    4.  Any  contractor  who  subcontracts and/or has a joint venture with
    15  minority and women-owned businesses on a public work project  and  prior
    16  to  completion  of  such  project  the contractor ceases its contractual
    17  relationship with any to all minority and women-owned businesses, he  or
    18  she shall report such change in relationship to the public owner of such
    19  project  and  the division of minority and women's business development.
    20  Failure to report within seven calendar days  shall  result  in  a  fine
    21  determined by the director of the division of minority and women's busi-
    22  ness development.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04691-01-3