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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S1035
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง104-a, Gen Muni L
2009-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1035 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to expanding the products which may be purchased for public use PURPOSE : To encourage the use of renewable energy by local governments SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Includes renewable energy, as defined by the New York State Public Service Commission as biomass, solar, wind, photovoltaics, methane waste, tidal, geothennal, and fuel cell technologies which may be purchased for public use. Section 2: Defines "reasonably competitive" prices for renewable energy resources as fifteen percent above the cost of a comparable product. This is the same percentage used in defining "reasonably competitive" for products which a locality can purchase if they are composed of at least fifty percent recycled material. JUSTIFICATION : Under the General Municipal Law, products which are bought for public use must be bought from the lowest bid. However, under Section 104-a, recycled products can be purchased for public use even if they are not
2009-S1035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1035 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to expanding the products which may be purchased for public use 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 RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OR recycled products meet contract specifications and the price of such products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the purpose of this section [and until July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean any product which has been manufactured from second- ary materials, 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 subdivision 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,]: (A) "recycled product" shall mean[, for the purposes of this section,] any product which is manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and which meets the requirements of subdivision two of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04645-02-9
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