Assembly Bill A7787

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women owned business enterprises

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

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2023-A7787 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5464
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§311, 312, 313, 315 & 316, Exec L; amd §§137, 139-f & 139-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7654
2011-2012: S380
2013-2014: S1681
2015-2016: A9141, S1568
2017-2018: A1255, S4448
2019-2020: A1975, S766
2021-2022: A2321, S4473

2023-A7787 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for increased participation in state contracts and subcontracts by certified minority and women-owned business enterprises; relates to certain performance and payment bond requirements.

2023-A7787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7787
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  participation  by
   minority  group  members  and  women  with  respect  to  certain state
   contracts; and to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  estab-
   lishing  a  mentor-protege  program  for small and minority and women-
   owned business concerns and in relation  to  performance  and  payment
   bond requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 311 of the  executive  law,
 subdivision  3  as  added by chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, paragraphs
 (d) and (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 55  of  the  laws  of
 1992,  paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part BB
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision
 3 as amended and paragraph (k) of subdivision 3 as added by chapter  825
 of  the laws of 2021, paragraphs (f) and (j) of subdivision 3 as amended
 and paragraphs (l), (m) and (n) of subdivision 3 as added by chapter 567
 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 361 of the laws
 of 2009 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 4 as amended and  para-
 graph (d-1) of subdivision 3 and paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 4
 as  added  by  chapter  96  of  the laws of 2019, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:
   (a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their  efforts  to
 increase  participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises
 on state contracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award  of  a
 fair  share  of  such contracts to them AND TO PROVIDE ON THE DIVISION'S
 WEBSITE A LIST OF EACH CONTRACTING  AGENCY'S  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFICATION OUTREACH SEMINARS;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07382-01-3
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