Assembly Bill A9775

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending

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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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2015-A9775 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-d, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A427
2019-2020: A1540
2021-2022: A6088
2023-2024: A3882

2015-A9775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending.

2015-A9775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9775

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to reports on agency
  minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending

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

  Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
8-d to read as follows:
  S 8-D. REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACTS  AND  SPENDING.  THE  COMPTROLLER  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND
DIRECTED TO PUBLISH, AND MAKE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON  ITS  WEBSITE,  A
REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS
AND  SPENDING.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  BE INTERACTIVE FOR ITS USERS, AS AN
ONLINE TRANSPARENCY TOOL, INCLUDING AN INTUITIVE DASHBOARD APPROACH THAT
COMBINES A SERIES OF GRAPHS  AND  USER-FRIENDLY  TABLES,  THAT  PROVIDES
ACCESS TO SUBCONTRACTOR AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
SPENDING  AND CONTRACT INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH REPORT
SHALL INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CONTRACTED TO EACH  STATE  AGENCY  AND
SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGO-
RIES:  ASIAN  AMERICAN,  BLACK  AMERICAN,  HISPANIC AMERICAN, AND WOMEN.
SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME CONTRACTORS AND
SUBCONTRACTORS USED AS WELL  AS  THE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY  SPENT  ON  EACH
CONTRACT  OR  CONTRACTS. ALL REPORTABLE DATA SHALL BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
BY FISCAL AND CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  COMPARISON  BETWEEN
YEARS.    THE WEBSITE SHALL FEATURE THE CURRENT CALENDAR AND FISCAL YEAR
REPORT INFORMATION AND ARCHIVE ALL PREVIOUS  CALENDAR  AND  FISCAL  YEAR
REPORTS,  BEGINNING  WITH THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, WHICH SHALL BE
EASY FOR USERS TO ACCESS.  THE WEBSITE SHALL BE DEVELOPED  AND  DESIGNED
TO  ALLOW  USERS  TO  SEARCH  VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF DATA REQUESTS IN A
SINGLE REPORT, WITH THE ABILITY TO DISAGGREGATE  DATA.  THE  COMPTROLLER
SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK CITY REGARDING THE DEVEL-
OPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE WEBSITE AND SHALL PROVIDE COMPARABLE REPORT AND
DATA ORGANIZATION FOR ITS WEBSITE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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