Assembly Bill A6271

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including MWBEs, to participate in 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-A6271 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9976
2019-2020: A1550
2023-2024: A3894

2021-A6271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises, to participate in state contracts.

2021-A6271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6271
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  HYNDMAN,  COOK, WALKER, DAVILA -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  requiring  that
   public  contracts  be  divided  by  size into large, medium, small and
   micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for  small
   businesses to participate in state contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 10 of section 163 of  the  state
 finance law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
 read as follows:
   c.  The  commissioner or state agency may elect to award a contract to
 one or more responsive and responsible offerers provided, however,  that
 the  basis  for  the  selection  among multiple contracts at the time of
 purchase shall be the most  practical  and  economical  alternative  and
 shall  be  in the best interests of the state, and further provided that
 the requirements set forth herein shall not  preclude  the  commissioner
 from   establishing  multiple  award  contracts  for  reasons  including
 increased opportunities for small businesses  to  participate  in  state
 contracts.  TO  THE  EXTENT  FEASIBLE,  THE COMMISSIONER OR STATE AGENCY
 SHALL ENDEAVOR TO DIVIDE CONTRACTS BY SIZE INTO LARGE, MEDIUM, SMALL AND
 MICRO CONTRACTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  SMALL
 BUSINESSES,  INCLUDING  MINORITY-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES AND WOMEN-
 OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE CONTRACTS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to paragraph c
 of subdivision 10 of section 163  of  the  state  finance  law  made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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