Assembly Bill A8230

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides veterans with access to certain economic programs and incentives, and expands the population served by the division of minority and women's business development

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8230 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5968
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Various Laws, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3056, S1655
2017-2018: A3971

2013-A8230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides veterans with access to certain economic programs and incentives; expands the population served by the division of minority and women's business development to include veterans; makes conforming changes to various provisions of law to reflect the inclusion of veterans.

2013-A8230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8230

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONALD, STEC -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the economic development law, the New
  York state urban development corporation act, the facilities  develop-
  ment  corporation  act  and the New York state medical care facilities
  finance agency act, in relation to providing veterans with  access  to
  certain  economic  programs and incentives, and to expanding the popu-
  lation served by the division of minority and women's business  devel-
  opment;  to  amend  the  state  finance law, the retirement and social
  security law, the  public  authorities  law,  the  arts  and  cultural
  affairs  law,  the banking law, the environmental conservation law and
  the general municipal law, in relation to making  conforming  changes;
  and  to  amend  the  administrative  code  of the city of New York, in
  relation  to  providing  veterans  with  access  to  certain  economic
  programs and incentives

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "OORAH! An  ACT
Opening Opportunities, Resources and Access for Heroes".
  S  1-a.  The  article heading of article 15-A of the executive law, as
added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
             PARTICIPATION BY MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS [AND],
           WOMEN AND VETERANS WITH RESPECT TO STATE CONTRACTS
  S 2. Subdivisions 1, 4, 9, 10, 19 and 22 of section 310 of the  execu-
tive  law,  subdivisions  1 and 9 as added by chapter 261 of the laws of
1988, subdivisions 4 and 10 as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992
and subdivisions 19 and 22 as added by chapter 175 of the laws of  2010,
are amended and a new subdivision 15-a is added to read as follows:
  1.  "Certified  business" shall mean a business verified as a minority
[or women-owned], WOMEN OR VETERAN-OWNED business enterprise pursuant to
section three hundred fourteen of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11675-05-3
              

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