New York S 3965: Relates to minority and women-owned business enterprise certification

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S03965 Summary:

BILL NOS03965 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00195

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§310 & 314, Exec L

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Exempts small business enterprises that manufacture metal or vinyl windows and doors from certain employee limits and personal net worth limits for purposes of certification of a minority-owned business enterprise.

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BILL NOS03965 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3965

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to minority and women-
 owned business enterprise certification

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 7 of section 310 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as amended by chapter 96 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (e) an enterprise owned by an individual or individuals, whose owner-
 5 ship, control and operation are relied upon for certification, with a
 6 personal net worth that does not exceed fifteen million dollars, and
 7 such other amount as the director shall set forth in regulations, as
 8 adjusted annually on the first of January for inflation according to the
 9 consumer price index of the previous year; provided, however, notwith-
 10 standing any other provision of law to the contrary, for purposes of
 11 certification of a minority-owned business enterprise under section
 12 three hundred fourteen of this article, the personal net worth limit of
 13 fifteen million dollars or more shall not apply to any small business
 14 enterprise that manufactures metal or vinyl windows and doors (NAICS
 15 codes 332321 and 326199) that is located in a city with a population of
 16 more than one million and where eighty percent or more of its employees
 17 that work at such location in such city are minority group members as
 18 defined in subdivision eight of this section; and
 19 § 2. Subdivision 20 of section 310 of the executive law, as amended by
 20 chapter 44 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 21 20. "Small business" as used in this section, unless otherwise indi-
 22 cated, shall mean a business which has a significant business presence
 23 in the state, is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its
 24 field and employs, based on its industry, a certain number of persons as
 25 determined by the director, but not to exceed three hundred, except

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00852-01-5

 S. 3965 2

 1 during a declared state disaster emergency as defined pursuant to
 2 section twenty-eight of this chapter, not to exceed three hundred
 3 employees who work thirty or more hours per week over the period of
 4 fifty-two weeks for a total of one thousand five hundred sixty hours
 5 worked, taking into consideration factors which include, but are not
 6 limited to, federal small business administration standards pursuant to
 7 13 CFR part 121 and any amendments thereto; provided, however, notwith-
 8 standing any other provision of law to the contrary, for purposes of
 9 certification of a minority-owned business enterprise under section
 10 three hundred fourteen of this article, the small business employee
 11 limit of three hundred persons or more shall not apply to any small
 12 business enterprise that manufactures metal or vinyl windows and doors
 13 (NAICS codes 332321 and 326199) that is located in a city with a popu-
 14 lation of more than one million and where eighty percent or more of its
 15 employees that work at such location in such city are minority group
 16 members as defined in subdivision eight of this section. The director
 17 may issue regulations on the construction of the t