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A07327 Summary:

BILL NOA07327A
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRajkumar
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 311, NYC Chart
 
Increases the discretionary purchasing threshold for certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in New York city to $1.5 million.
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A07327 Actions:

BILL NOA07327A
 
05/17/2023referred to governmental operations
05/18/2023amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
05/18/2023print number 7327a
01/03/2024referred to governmental operations
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A07327 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7327A
 
SPONSOR: Rajkumar
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the New York city charter, in relation to discretionary purchasing thresholds for certified minority and women-owned business enterprises   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would authorize the City of New York and its respective agen- cies to increase the discretionary award amount of non-competitive contracts from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York city charter, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022 to raise the MWBE procurement discretionary threshold from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. Section 2 is the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): The A-print only includes original bill section 3 and adds a new section 2.   JUSTIFICATION: Government contracting with Minority and Women-Owned Business Enter- prises is an important tool to provide economic empowerment to members of historically excluded groups and their communities. This bill will facilitate more MWBE contracting by raising the procurement discretion- ary threshold for the City of New York.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A07327 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7327--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to  discretionary
          purchasing  thresholds  for certified  minority and  women-owned busi-
          ness  enterprises
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York
     2  city  charter, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    1. agencies may make procurements of goods, services and  construction
     5  for amounts not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars from
     6  businesses  certified  as  minority  or women-owned business enterprises
     7  pursuant to section thirteen hundred  four  of  the  charter  without  a
     8  formal competitive process.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10783-03-3
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