Senate Bill S2811

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to contractual relationships with minority and women-owned businesses

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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-S2811 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2169
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-f, St Fin L; amd §106-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7384, A9710
2017-2018: S1337, A447
2021-2022: S5858, A6416
2023-2024: S3017
2025-2026: S4363

2019-S2811 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to contractual relationships with minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

2019-S2811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2811
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE, KENNEDY, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law,  in
   relation  to  contractual  relationships with minority and women-owned
   businesses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section  139-f  of  the state finance law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. ANY CONTRACTOR WHO SUBCONTRACTS AND/OR HAS  A  JOINT  VENTURE  WITH
 MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON A PUBLIC WORK PROJECT AND PRIOR
 TO COMPLETION OF SUCH PROJECT  THE  CONTRACTOR  CEASES  ITS  CONTRACTUAL
 RELATIONSHIP  WITH ANY TO ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, HE OR
 SHE SHALL REPORT SUCH CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF SUCH
 PROJECT AND THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S  BUSINESS  DEVELOPMENT.
 FAILURE  TO  REPORT  WITHIN  SEVEN  CALENDAR DAYS SHALL RESULT IN A FINE
 DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSI-
 NESS DEVELOPMENT.
   § 2.  Section 106-b of the general municipal law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  ANY  CONTRACTOR  WHO  SUBCONTRACTS AND/OR HAS A JOINT VENTURE WITH
 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON A PUBLIC WORK PROJECT  AND  PRIOR
 TO  COMPLETION  OF  SUCH  PROJECT  THE CONTRACTOR CEASES ITS CONTRACTUAL
 RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY TO ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, HE  OR
 SHE SHALL REPORT SUCH CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF SUCH
 PROJECT  AND  THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
 FAILURE TO REPORT WITHIN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS  SHALL  RESULT  IN  A  FINE
 DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSI-
 NESS DEVELOPMENT.
   § 3. 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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