Authorizes the division of minority and women's business development to accept the DD Form 214 issued by the United States department of defense upon retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the armed forces of the United States as proof of the race or ethnicity of an applicant and of certain personal information for purposes of certification of the applicant's business as a minority-owned business.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7891
IN SENATE
March 7, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 authorizing the divi-
sion of minority and women's business development to accept the DD
Form 214 issued by the United States department of defense upon
retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the armed
forces of the United States as proof of the race or ethnicity and
certain personal information of an applicant for purposes of certif-
ication of the applicant's business as a minority-owned business
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 an applicant
4 who was a military service member to prove his or her race or ethnicity,
5 date of birth, place of birth and verification of address for purposes
6 of certification of the applicant's business as a minority-owned busi-
7 ness by submission of the DD Form 214 issued to the applicant by the
8 United States department of defense upon such applicant's retirement,
9 separation, or discharge from active duty in the armed forces of the
10 United States, provided the DD Form 214 contains such information, in
11 lieu of requiring the applicant to otherwise prove his or her race or
12 ethnicity. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations to set
13 forth criteria for the acceptance of the DD Form 214 by the office.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 314
16 of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect
17 the expiration of such section and shall be deemed expired therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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