* § 311. Division of minority and women's business development. 1. The\nhead of the division of minority and women's business development shall\nbe the director who shall be appointed by the governor and hold office\nat the pleasure of the commissioner. It shall be the duty of the\ndirector of the division of minority and women's business development to\nassist the governor in the formulation and implementation of laws and\npolicies relating to minority and women-owned business enterprises.\n 2. The director may appoint such deputies, assistants, and other\nemployees as may be needed for the performance of the duties prescribed\nherein subject to the provisions of the civil service law and the rules\nand regulations of the civil service commission. The director may\nrequest and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau,\nexecutive commission or agency of the state such assistance as may be\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this article.\n 3. The director shall have the following powers and duties:\n (a) to encourage and assist contracting agencies in their efforts to\nincrease participation by minority and women-owned business enterprises\non state contracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award of a\nfair share of such contracts to them;\n (b) to develop standardized forms and reporting documents necessary to\nimplement this article;\n (c) to conduct educational programs consistent with the purposes of\nthis article;\n (d) to review periodically the practices and procedures of each\ncontracting agency with respect to compliance with the provisions of\nthis article, and to require them to file periodic reports with the\ndivision of minority and women's business development as to the level of\nminority and women-owned business enterprises participation in the\nawarding of agency contracts for goods and services;\n (d-1) to require all contracting state agencies to develop a four-year\ngrowth plan to determine a means of promoting and increasing\nparticipation by minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises\nwith respect to state contracts and subcontracts. Every four years,\nbeginning September fifteenth, two thousand twenty, each contracting\nstate agency shall submit a four-year growth plan as part of its annual\nreport to the governor and legislature pursuant to section one hundred\nsixty-four of this chapter.\n (e) on January first of each year report to the governor and the\nchairpersons of the senate finance and assembly ways and means\ncommittees on the level of minority and women-owned business enterprises\nparticipating in each agency's contracts for goods and services and on\nactivities of the office and effort by each contracting agency to\npromote employment of minority group members and women, and to promote\nand increase participation by certified businesses with respect to state\ncontracts and subcontracts so as to facilitate the award of a fair share\nof state contracts to such businesses. The comptroller shall assist the\ndivision in collecting information on the participation of certified\nbusiness for each contracting agency. Such report may recommend new\nactivities and programs to effectuate the purposes of this article;\n (f) to prepare and update, no less than annually, a directory of\ncertified minority and women-owned business enterprises which shall,\nwherever practicable, (i) make publicly available records of all\ncertifications and recertifications, (ii) be divided into categories of\nlabor, services, supplies, equipment, materials and recognized\nconstruction trades, and (iii) indicate areas or locations of the state\nwhere such enterprises are available to perform services;\n (g) to appoint independent hearing officers who by contract or terms\nof employment shall preside over adjudicatory hearings pursuant to\nsection three hundred fourteen of this article for the office and who\nare assigned no other work by the office;\n (h) to make publicly a
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