Directs the director of the division of minority and women's business development to provide for the minority and women-owned business certification of business entities owned by Indian nations or tribes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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858
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 5, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, GALLIVAN, KENNEDY, ORTT -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the director
of the division of minority and women's business development to
provide for the certification of certain business entities owned by an
Indian nation or tribe for participation in the minority and women
owned business enterprise program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 314 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
3 2-b. The director shall establish a procedure enabling the office to
4 approve an application by a business entity that is wholly owned by a
5 Indian nation or tribe, as defined in section two of the Indian law, in
6 lieu of requiring the applicant to complete the state certification
7 process.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
9 ments to article 15-A of the executive law made by section one of this
10 act shall not affect the expiration of such article and shall expire
11 therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05533-01-7
