§ 40. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise"\nshall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship,\npartnership, limited liability company or corporation that is:\n (a) at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more service-disabled\nveterans;\n (b) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership is\nreal, substantial, and continuing;\n (c) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership has\nand exercises the authority to control independently the day-to-day\nbusiness decisions of the enterprise;\n (d) an enterprise authorized to do business in this state and is\nindependently-owned and operated;\n (e) an enterprise
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§ 40. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprise"\nshall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship,\npartnership, limited liability company or corporation that is:\n (a) at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more service-disabled\nveterans;\n (b) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership is\nreal, substantial, and continuing;\n (c) an enterprise in which such service-disabled veteran ownership has\nand exercises the authority to control independently the day-to-day\nbusiness decisions of the enterprise;\n (d) an enterprise authorized to do business in this state and is\nindependently-owned and operated;\n (e) an enterprise that is a small business which has a significant\nbusiness presence in the state, not dominant in its field and employs,\nbased on its industry, a certain number of persons as determined by the\ndirector, but not to exceed three hundred, taking into consideration\nfactors which include, but are not limited to, federal small business\nadministration standards pursuant to 13 CFR part 121 and any amendments\nthereto; and\n (f) certified by the office of general services.\n 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the office of general\nservices.\n 3. "Director" shall mean the director of the division of\nservice-disabled veterans' business development.\n 4. "Division" shall mean the division of service-disabled veterans'\nbusiness development in the office of general services.\n 5. "Service-disabled veteran" shall mean (a) a veteran as defined in\nsection one of this chapter and who received a compensation rating of\nten percent or greater from the United States Department of Veterans\nAffairs or from the United States department of defense because of a\nservice-connected disability incurred in the line of duty, and (b) in\nthe case of the New York guard or the New York naval militia and/or\nreserves thereof, a veteran who certifies, pursuant to the rules and\nregulations promulgated by the director, to having incurred an injury\nequivalent to a compensation rating of ten percent or greater from the\nUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs or from the United States\nDepartment of Defense because of a service-connected disability incurred\nin the line of duty.\n 6. "State agency" shall mean: (a)(i) any state department; or (ii) any\ndivision, board, commission or bureau of any state department; or (iii)\nthe state university of New York and the city university of New York,\nincluding all their constituent units except community colleges and the\nindependent institutions operating statutory or contract colleges on\nbehalf of the state; or (iv) a board, a majority of whose members are\nappointed by the governor or who serve by virtue of being state officers\nor employees as defined in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph\n(i) of subdivision one of section seventy-three of the public officers\nlaw.\n (b) a "state authority" as defined in subdivision one of section two\nof the public authorities law, and the following:\n Albany County Airport Authority;\n Albany Port District Commission;\n Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority;\n Battery Park City Authority;\n Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority;\n (Nelson A. Rockefeller) Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center\n Corporation;\n Industrial Exhibit Authority;\n Livingston County Water and Sewer Authority;\n Long Island Power Authority;\n Long Island Rail Road;\n Long Island Market Authority;\n Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority;\n Metro-North Commuter Railroad;\n Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority;\n Metropolitan Transportation Authority;\n Natural Heritage Trust;\n New York City Transit Authority;\n New York Convention Center Operating Corporation;\n New York State Bridge Authority;\n New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority;\n New York State Thruway Authority;\n Niagara Falls Public Water Authority;\n Niagara Falls Water Board;\n Port of Oswego Authority;\n Power Authority of the State of New York;\n Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation;\n Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority;\n State Insurance Fund;\n Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority;\n State University Construction Fund;\n Syracuse Regional Airport Authority;\n Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority;\n Upper Mohawk valley regional water board;\n Upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority;\n Upper Mohawk valley memorial auditorium authority;\n Urban Development Corporation and its subsidiary corporations.\n (c) the following only to the extent of state contracts entered into\nfor its own account or for the benefit of a state agency as defined in\nparagraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision:\n Dormitory Authority of the State of New York;\n Facilities Development Corporation;\n New York State Energy Research and Development Authority;\n New York State Science and Technology Foundation.\n (d) "state contract" shall mean: (i) a written agreement or purchase\norder instrument, providing for a total expenditure in excess of\ntwenty-five thousand dollars, whereby a contracting agency is committed\nto expend or does expend funds in return for labor, services including\nbut not limited to legal, financial and other professional services,\nsupplies, equipment, materials or any combination of the foregoing, to\nbe performed for, or rendered or furnished to the contracting agency;\n(ii) a written agreement in excess of one hundred thousand dollars\nwhereby a contracting agency is committed to expend or does expend funds\nfor the acquisition, construction, demolition, replacement, major repair\nor renovation of real property and improvements thereon; and (iii) a\nwritten agreement in excess of one hundred thousand dollars whereby the\nowner of a state assisted housing project is committed to expend or does\nexpend funds for the acquisition, construction, demolition, replacement,\nmajor repair or renovation of real property and improvements thereon for\nsuch project.\n 7. "Veteran" shall mean (a) a veteran as defined in section one of\nthis chapter, or (b) a member of the New York guard who was discharged\nunder other than dishonorable conditions, or (c) has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of this chapter, and has received a\ndischarge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or\n(d) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of this\nchapter, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service.\n