NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7385

Senate Bill S7385

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to outreach programming for minority and women-owned business enterprises; appropriation

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Delivered to Governor
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2015-S7385 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9707
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Amd §311, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1338, A429
2019-2020: S3214, A1542
2021-2022: S5784

2015-S7385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to outreach programming for minority and women-owned business enterprises; makes an appropriation therefor.

2015-S7385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7385

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to outreach programming
for minority and women-owned business enterprises; and making an
appropriation therefor

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to enable under-represented minorities and
women-owned business enterprises to be exposed to government
contracting opportunities and resources.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 is to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their
efforts to increase participation by minority and women-owned business
enterprises on state contracts and subcontracts, to provide on the
division's website a list of each contracting agency's minority and
women-owned business enterprises certification outreach seminars,
contracts resources events and opportunities. It is to conduct
educational outreach programs to encourage the certification of
minority and women-owned business enterprises. As used in this
paragraph, "under- represented minorities" means minority groups with
a state contract participation percentage of less than 20% of the

total MWBE participation such as blacks and Hispanics."

Section 2 is for the sum of one million dollars or so much thereof or
whatever may be deemed necessary to be appropriated to the division of
minority and women's business development. No expenditure shall be
made from this appropriation until a certification of approval of
availability shall have been issued by the director of the budget.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Efforts throughout the State to conduct outreach to minority and women
owned business enterprises (MWBEs) is insufficient and needs to be
expanded. The appropriation that accompanies this bill will allow for
more sufficient outreach to occur.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A new bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to be appropriated to the
division of minority and women's business development from any moneys
in the state treasury in the general fund to credit of the state
purpose account.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the
amendments to section 311 of the executive law made by section one of
this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
deemed to expire therewith.

2015-S7385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7385

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 25, 2016
                               ___________

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 executive law, in relation to  outreach  programming
  for  minority  and  women-owned  business  enterprises;  and making an
  appropriation therefor

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 3 of section 311 of
the executive law, as added by chapter 261 of  the  laws  of  1988,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (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,   CONTACTS,
RESOURCES, EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES;
  (c)  to conduct educational OUTREACH programs TO ENCOURAGE THE CERTIF-
ICATION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, AS DEFINED  BY
SUBDIVISIONS  SEVEN  AND  FIFTEEN  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
ARTICLE, AND TO PROMOTE SUCH PROGRAM TO GROUPS OF  MINORITIES,  WITH  AN
EMPHASIS  ON  UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES, consistent with the purposes
of this article[;]. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "UNDER-REPRESENTED MINOR-
ITIES"  MEANS  MINORITY  GROUPS  WITH  A  STATE  CONTRACT  PARTICIPATION
PERCENTAGE  OF LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL MINORITY AND WOMEN-
OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION, SUCH AS BLACKS AND HISPANICS.
  S 2. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so  much  thereof
as  may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of minority
and women's business development from any moneys in the  state  treasury
in  the  general  fund  to the credit of the state purposes account, not
otherwise appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the  provisions
of  section  one of this act. Such sum shall be payable on the audit and
warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified  or  approved  by
the  division  of minority and women's business development, or its duly

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

                                                           LBD13421-06-6

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designated representative in the manner provided by law. No  expenditure
shall be made from this appropriation until a certificate of approval of
availability  shall  have  been issued by the director of the budget and
filed  with the state comptroller and a copy filed with the chair of the
senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly  ways  and  means
committee.  Such  certificate  may  be  amended from time to time by the
director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be  filed
with  the  state  comptroller, the chair of the senate finance committee
and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments  to section 311 of the executive law made by section one
of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
deemed to expire therewith.

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