STATE OF NEW YORK
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11160
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the labor law, in relation to
assisting contractors to identify minority group members and women for
hiring opportunities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 3 of section 311 of
2 the executive law, paragraph (h) as amended and paragraph (i) as added
3 by section 1 of part BB of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, are amended
4 to read as follows:
5 (h) notwithstanding the provisions of section two hundred ninety-six
6 of this chapter, to file a complaint pursuant to the provisions of
7 section two hundred ninety-seven of this chapter where the director has
8 knowledge that a contractor may have violated the provisions of para-
9 graph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision one of section two hundred ninety-
10 six of this chapter where such violation is unrelated, separate or
11 distinct from the state contract as expressed by its terms; [and]
12 (i) to streamline the state certification process to accept federal
13 and municipal corporation certifications; and
14 (j) to work in conjunction with the industrial commissioner pursuant
15 to paragraph (j) of subdivision one of section eight hundred eleven of
16 the labor law to assist contractors in identifying minority group
17 members and women who are participating in apprenticeship agreements
18 under article twenty-three of the labor law.
19 § 2. Paragraphs (j) and (k) of subdivision 1 of section 811 of the
20 labor law, as relettered by chapter 884 of the laws of 1965, are relet-
21 tered paragraphs (k) and (l) and a new paragraph (j) is added to read as
22 follows:
23 (j) to cooperate with the director of the division of minority and
24 women's business development pursuant to paragraph (j) of subdivision
25 three of section three hundred eleven of the executive law to assist
26 contractors in locating minority group members and women who are partic-
27 ipating in apprenticeships agreements;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
2 have become a law; provided, however that the amendments to article 15-A
3 of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect
4 the expiration of such article and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
5 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
6 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
7 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
8 effective date.
