S 242: 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 242 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 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-d to read as follows: 3 2-d. The director shall establish a procedure enabling the office to 4 approve an application by a business entity that is wholly owned by an 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. LBD01150-01-5