Section 42 - Opportunities for certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises1. The director, or in the absence of the director, the commissioner, within ninety days of the effective date of this article shall promulgate rules and regulations for the following purposes:(a) provide measures and procedures to ensure that certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises are afforded the opportunity for meaningful participation in the performance of state contracts and to assist in state agencies' identification of those state contracts for which certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises may best perform;(b) provide for measures and procedures that assist state agencies in the identification of state contracts where service-disabled veteran contract goals are practical, feasible and appropriate for the purpose of increasing the utilization of service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise participation on state contracts;(c) achieve a statewide goal for participation on state contracts by service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises of six percent;(d) provide for procedures relating to submission and receipt of applications by service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises for certification;(e) provide for the monitoring and compliance of state contracts by state agencies with respect to the provisions of this article;(f) provide for the requirement that state agencies submit regular reports, as determined by the director, with respect to their service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise program activity, including but not limited to, utilization reporting and state contract monitoring and compliance;(g) notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law, the public buildings law, the highway law, the transportation law or the public authorities law to the contrary, provide for the reservation or set-aside of certain procurements by state agencies in order to achieve the objectives of this article; provided, however, that such procurements shall remain subject to (i) priority of preferred sources pursuant to sections one hundred sixty-two and one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; (ii) the approval of the comptroller of the state of New York pursuant to section one hundred twelve and section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law and section twenty-eight hundred seventy-nine-a of the public authorities law; and (iii) the procurement record requirements pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision nine of section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; and(h) provide for any other purposes to effectuate this article.2. State agencies shall administer the rules and regulations promulgated by the director for the implementation of this article.N.Y. Veterans Service Law § 42
Added by New York Laws 2022, ch. 56,Sec. PP-2, eff. 4/1/2023.