Bill Text: NY A05873 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the creation of a database to track the issuance of contracts by public authorities and state agencies with minority and women-owned businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05873-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5873
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law and the executive law, in
          relation to database and reporting  requirements  for  contracts  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. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 2807 to read as follows:
     3    § 2807. Database and reporting requirements for contracts with minori-
     4  ty  and  women-owned  businesses.    Every  state authority continued or
     5  created by this chapter or any other chapter of the laws of the state of
     6  New York shall create and maintain a database to track the  issuance  of
     7  contracts  to minority and women-owned enterprises. For purposes of this
     8  section, a minority or women-owned business enterprise shall be  defined
     9  as  in section three hundred fourteen of the executive law.  Every state
    10  authority continued or created by this chapter or any other  chapter  of
    11  the  laws of the state of New York shall compile reports on the issuance
    12  of such contracts and  the  total  number  of  contracts  awarded.  Such
    13  reports  shall  be  filed on a yearly basis with the authorities, budget
    14  office, department of economic development, and office of  minority  and
    15  women-owned  businesses  and  be  displayed on the public authorities or
    16  public benefit corporation's website and the website of the authorities'
    17  budget office, provided, however that all proprietary information  shall
    18  be kept offline.
    19    §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 315-a to
    20  read as follows:
    21    § 315-a. Database and reporting requirements for contracts with minor-
    22  ity and women-owned businesses. All  state  agencies  shall  create  and
    23  maintain  a  database to track the issuance of contracts to minority and
    24  women-owned enterprises. For purposes of this  section,  a  minority  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  women-owned  business  enterprise  shall  be defined as in section three
     2  hundred fourteen of this article.  State agencies shall compile  reports
     3  on  the  issuance  of  such  contracts and the total number of contracts
     4  awarded.  Such reports shall be filed on a yearly basis with the depart-
     5  ment of economic development, office of minority and  women-owned  busi-
     6  nesses  and be displayed on the state agencies' website, provided howev-
     7  er, all proprietary information shall be kept offline.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law; provided, however, that the amendment made to article
    10  15-A  of  the  executive law by section two of this act shall not affect
    11  the expiration of such article and shall be deemed repealed therewith.