Assembly Bill A7646

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to reciprocity between the state and New York City for businesses that are certified as minority and women-owned business enterprises

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Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7371
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §314, Exec L

2023-A7646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the director of the division of minority and women's business development and the mayor of the city of New York to enter into a memorandum of understanding to allow reciprocity between the state and New York City for businesses that are certified as minority and women-owned business enterprises.

2023-A7646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7646
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  reciprocal  minority
   and women-owned business enterprise certification
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 314  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, THE DIRECTOR AND A
 CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN ONE MILLION PERSONS, ACTING  THROUGH
 ITS  MAYOR, MAY ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SETTING FORTH A
 PROCEDURE THROUGH WHICH: (I) SUCH CITY SHALL ACCEPT AN APPLICANT'S STATE
 CERTIFICATION VERIFICATION  IN  LIEU  OF  REQUIRING  SUCH  APPLICANT  TO
 COMPLETE  SUCH  CITY'S PROCESS FOR CERTIFICATION AS A MINORITY OR WOMEN-
 OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OR MEET THE CERTIFICATION  STANDARDS  OF  SUCH
 CITY'S  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM; AND (II)
 THE OFFICE SHALL ACCEPT AN APPLICANT'S CITY  CERTIFICATION  VERIFICATION
 IN  LIEU  OF  REQUIRING AN APPLICANT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS FOR CERTIF-
 ICATION AS A MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  OR  MEET  THE
 APPLICABLE  CERTIFICATION STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT SUCH MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MAY INCLUDE ONE  OR  MORE
 EXCEPTIONS  IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE DIRECTOR AND SUCH MAYOR DETERMINE
 THAT SUCH EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF BOTH SUCH  CITY'S
 PROGRAM  AND  THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.  NOTHING
 IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE DIRECTOR OR SUCH  CITY
 FROM  AMENDING  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  PROCESSES OR STANDARDS FOR CERTIFYING
 MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  two  hundred  seventieth  day
 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments
 to  subdivision  2-a of section 314 of the executive law made by section
 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of article 15-A of the exec-
 utive law pursuant to chapter 261 of the laws of 1988, as  amended,  and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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