Assembly Bill A5536

2021-2022 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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2021-A5536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3263
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
2019-2020: A1481, S5338
2023-2024: A3910, S1087

2021-A5536 (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.

2021-A5536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5536
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee 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 6 to read as follows:
   6. 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.
                                                            LBD07279-01-1

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