Assembly Bill A1481

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to notice to unsuccessful minority- or women-owned business enterprise bidders on state contracts

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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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2019-A1481 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2879, Pub Auth L; amd §143, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10089
2021-2022: A5536
2023-2024: A3910

2019-A1481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public corporations and agencies to provide notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract.

2019-A1481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1481
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law and the economic development
   law, in relation to requiring  public  corporations  and  agencies  to
   provide  notice  to  each minority- or women-owned business enterprise
   that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the
   business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Clause IV of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (j) of subdivi-
 sion 3 of section 2879 of the public authorities law, as added by  chap-
 ter  174  of  the laws of 2010, is amended and a new subparagraph (I) is
 added to read as follows:
   IV. consult the  most  recent  disparity  study  pursuant  to  article
 fifteen-A of the executive law[.]; AND
   (I)  A  REQUIREMENT  THAT,  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF THE AWARDING OF A
 CONTRACT, THE CORPORATION AWARDING THE CONTRACT PROVIDE NOTICE  TO  EACH
 MINORITY-  OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT UNSUCCESSFULLY BID ON
 THE CONTRACT OF THE REASON OR REASONS WHY THE  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  WAS
 UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   §  2. Section 143 of the economic development law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE AWARDING OF A CONTRACT, THE AGENCY AWARD-
 ING THE CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO EACH MINORITY-  OR  WOMEN-OWNED
 BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  THAT  UNSUCCESSFULLY  BID  ON  THE CONTRACT OF THE
 REASON OR REASONS  WHY  THE  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  WAS  UNSUCCESSFUL  IN
 OBTAINING THE CONTRACT.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00305-02-9

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