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Senate Bill S1549
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
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2009-S1549 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S1549 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that for public works contracts involving an expenditure of $20,000 or more and purchase contracts for $10,000 or more a responsible bidder who is a New York state resident, firm or corporation and who is within two percent of the bid of the lowest responsible bidder may be awarded the contract; provides that where two or more qualify according to such provisions, the contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
2009-S1549 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1549 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law and the state finance law, in relation to granting preferences to New York state domiciliaries in the awarding of contracts for public work PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This legislation provides a preference to New York State contractors over non-resident contractors if the resident contractor submits a bid within 2% of the lowest responsible bid submitted by a non-resident contractor. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER : This legislation amends subdivision 1 of section 103 of the general municipal law as amended by chapter 741 of the laws of 2005. JUSTIFICATION : During difficult financial times, the construction industry in New York State has suffered tremendously. This proposal would give a preference to a responsible bidder who is a New York State domiciliary if his/her bid is within 2% of the lowest responsible bidder. This preference, although it permits awarding of contracts to a "higher" bidder, would actually save the State money by
2009-S1549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1549 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, ADAMS, DIAZ, C. JOHNSON, ONORATO, PARKER -- 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 and the state finance law, in relation to granting preferences to New York state domiciliaries in the awarding of contracts for public work THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 103 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 741 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by an act of the legislature or by a local law adopted prior to September first, nineteen hundred fifty-three, all contracts for public work involving an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars and all purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars, shall be awarded by the appropriate officer, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district therein including but not limited to a soil conservation district, to the lowest responsible bidder furnishing the required secu- rity after advertisement for sealed bids in the manner provided by this section. In any case where a responsible bidder's gross price is reduci- ble by an allowance for the value of used machinery, equipment, appara- tus or tools to be traded in by a political subdivision, the gross price shall be reduced by the amount of such allowance, for the purpose of determining the low bid. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN ANY CASE WHERE A RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WHO IS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT, FIRM OR CORPORATION AND WHO IS FURNISHING THE REQUIRED SECURITY IS FOUND BY SUCH OFFICER, BOARD OR AGENCY TO BE WITHIN TWO PERCENT OF THE BID OF THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, SUCH OFFICER, BOARD OR AGENCY MAY PREFER SUCH RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OVER THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SUCH RESPONSIBLE BIDDER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE MORE THAN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00139-01-9
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