Bill Text: NY S02213 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02213 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02213-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2213
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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  requirements  of  the
          annual  report  from  the  division  of  minority and women's business
          development
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 315 of the executive law, as added
     2  by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4.  The  division  of  minority and women's business development shall
     4  issue an annual report which: (a) summarizes  the  report  submitted  by
     5  each  contracting  agency pursuant to subdivision three of this section;
     6  (b) contains such comparative or other information as the director deems
     7  appropriate, including but not  limited  to  goals  compared  to  actual
     8  participation  of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state
     9  contracting, to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities  undertaken
    10  by  each  such  contracting agency to promote increased participation by
    11  certified minority or  women-owned  businesses  with  respect  to  state
    12  contracts and subcontracts; (c) contains a summary of all waivers of the
    13  requirements  of  subdivisions  six  and  seven of section three hundred
    14  thirteen of this article allowed by each contracting agency  during  the
    15  period  covered  by  the report, including a description of the basis of
    16  the waiver request and the contracting agency's rationale  for  granting
    17  any such waiver; (d) describes any efforts to create a database or other
    18  information storage and retrieval system containing information relevant
    19  to contracting with minority and women-owned business enterprises; [and]
    20  (e)  contains  a summary of (i) all determinations of violations of this
    21  article by a contractor or a contracting agency made during  the  period
    22  covered by the annual report pursuant to section three hundred sixteen-a
    23  of this article and (ii) the penalties or sanctions, if any, assessed in
    24  connection with such determinations and the rationale for such penalties
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00219-02-9
        S. 2213                             2
     1  or  sanctions;  (f)  contains reports on contracts by ethnicity, gender,
     2  industry, prime contractor or  subcontractor,  contract  type,  such  as
     3  construction, goods and purchase, professional or standard services, and
     4  value  of contract; and (g) contains a summary of all certified minority
     5  and women-owned  business  enterprises,  categorized  by  ethnicity  and
     6  gender.    For  purposes  of this subdivision "ethnicity" shall mean the
     7  same as minority group member as defined by subdivision eight of section
     8  three hundred ten of this article, and shall  include  caucasian  women.
     9  Copies  of  the annual report shall be provided to the commissioner, the
    10  governor, the comptroller, the temporary president of  the  senate,  the
    11  speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority
    12  leader  of  the  assembly and shall also be made widely available to the
    13  public via, among other things, publication on a website  maintained  by
    14  the division of minority and women's business development.
    15    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    16  the amendments to section 315 of the executive law, made by section  one
    17  of  this  act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall
    18  be deemed to expire therewith.