Authorizes the empire state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures utilized by state agencies.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5572
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the empire
state development corporation to retain one or more independent MWBE
consultant firms to conduct an independent review of procurement
procedures utilized by state agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 311-a of the executive law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. The empire state development corporation, acting through the state-
4 wide advocate, shall retain one or more independent MWBE consultant
5 firms to conduct an independent review of procurement procedures
6 utilized by state agencies, the level and training of staff involved in
7 the procurement process and the outreach measures used by such staff to
8 work with minority-owned and women-owned businesses during the procure-
9 ment process. The WMBE contractor shall report its findings and recom-
10 mendations for improvements to the statewide advocate on a quarterly
11 basis.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section
14 311-a of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not
15 affect the expiration of article 15-A of the executive law and shall be
16 deemed to expire therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07293-01-1
