New York Senate Bill S00773 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 773 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 applicants for the medical cannabis or adult-use cannabis industries 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 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 grant temporary certification to minority and women-owned business 5 enterprise applicants which attest in the certification application that 6 the business enterprise is intending to participate in the medical 7 cannabis or adult-use cannabis industries pursuant to articles two and 8 three of the cannabis law, respectively. Such temporary certification 9 shall be granted within sixty days of submission of such application, 10 and shall be in effect until the office approves, denies, or revokes 11 such certification or any subsequent certification. Such temporary 12 certification shall be governed by all the rules and regulations appli- 13 cable pursuant to this article. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 15 the amendments to section 314 of the executive law made by section one 16 of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be 17 deemed to be repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02570-01-3