(a) All State agencies subject to article 15-A of the Executive Law shall submit and/or have an active master goal plan in force and on file with the division.

(b) The director shall make a copy of the disparity study available on the division’s website.

(c) Each State agency shall submit a master goal plan or an update to the master goal plan, pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section, to the director on or before January 15th of each year, or at such time determined by the director pursuant to section 141.5(c) of this Part, in such form as may be required by the director.

(d) The director may, in limited instances where exigent circumstances warrant such a measure and upon the approval of the chief diversity officer, require a State agency to submit an interim master goal plan or an interim update to the master goal plan on a date certain and such plan shall be in effect until such time as the director has received and approved a master goal plan pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section and section 141.5(b) of this Part, respectively.

(e) In instances where a State agency has an accepted master goal plan on file with the division and such State agency is in good standing with the division regarding its good faith efforts to achieve the maximum feasible portion of its agency-specific goals as outlined therein, the director may, at his or her discretion, permit a State agency to submit an update to the master goal plan in lieu of a submission of a new master goal plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a new master goal plan must be submitted to the division by each State agency a minimum of once every four years.

(f) Any agency that refuses or fails to submit a master goal plan pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have failed to achieve its good faith standard pursuant to section 313 of the Executive Law and shall be referred to the chief diversity officer for appropriate action.