Assembly Bill A6807

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of a MWBE program at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6807 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3185
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง104-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1906, S1330
2013-2014: S416
2015-2016: S2298
2017-2018: S4220
2019-2020: S2247

2009-A6807 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of a minority and women owned business enterprise program at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid.

2009-A6807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6807

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FARRELL, PEOPLES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
  political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of  a
  minority and women owned business enterprise program at a cost premium
  not  to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid as an available remedy to
  a demonstrated disparity

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 104-a of the general municipal law, as amended by
chapter 468 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S 104-a. Purchasing [of products] for public use.  1.  Notwithstanding
the  provisions  of section one hundred three of this [chapter] ARTICLE,
when purchasing products the officer, board or agency of  any  political
subdivision  or  of  any  district  therein charged with the awarding of
public contracts may, wherever recycled products meet contract  specifi-
cations  and  the  price  of  such  products  is reasonably competitive,
purchase such products. For the purpose of  this  [section]  SUBDIVISION
and  until  July  first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled product"
shall mean any product which has been manufactured from secondary  mate-
rials, as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of
the  economic  development  law,  and  meets  secondary material content
requirements adopted by the office of general services  [under  subdivi-
sion  one of section one hundred seventy-seven of the state finance law]
for products available to the political subdivision  or  district  under
state  contract  or,  if no such contract for such product is available,
any product which meets  the  secondary  material  content  requirements
adopted by the political subdivision or district thereof with respect to
a  specific  commodity  procurement  by  such  entity. On and after July
first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled product" shall  mean,  for
the  purposes  of this [section] SUBDIVISION, any product which is manu-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04479-01-9
              

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