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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S5195
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor 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-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2127
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง220 & 231, Lab L
2009-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof to the satisfaction of the contracting entity that the prevailing wage shall be paid on such contract when such bid is lower than the next lowest bid by ten percent or more or ten percent less than the contracting entity's estimate of the project's cost.
2009-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5195 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring proof of payment of the prevailing wage for certain state contracts PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Requires the low bidder on state contracts to provide proof that the prevailing wage shall be paid when such bid is lower than the next bid by 10% or more. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill amends section 220 of the labor law to provide that in any instance where the variation between the low bid on a public works contract and the next lowest bid is 10% or more, or the variation between the low bid and the contracting entity's own estimate, the low bidder would be required to provide proof that the prevailing wage would be paid. Section 2 of the bill amends section 231 to provide that whenever there was a ten percent variation between the low and next lowest bid, or the contracting entity's own estimate for building service public workers contracts, proof would be required that the prevailing wage would be paid.
2009-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5195 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring proof of payment of the prevailing wage for certain state contracts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 220 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. IN ANY INSTANCE IN WHICH THE VARIATION BETWEEN THE LOW BID ON ANY PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT OR SUBCONTRACT WITH THE STATE, ANY MUNICIPAL CORPO- RATION, OR PUBLIC BODY AND THE NEXT LOWEST BID IS TEN PERCENT OR MORE, OR IS TEN PERCENT LOWER THAN THE CONTRACTING ENTITY'S ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECT'S COST, THE LOW BIDDER SHALL PROVIDE PROOF TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY THAT THE PREVAILING WAGE WILL BE PAID, FAILING WHICH, SUCH BID SHALL BE REJECTED. S 2. Section 231 of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivi- sion 8 to read as follows: 8. IN ANY INSTANCE IN WHICH THE VARIATION BETWEEN THE LOW BID ON ANY PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT OR SUBCONTRACT WITH THE STATE, ANY MUNICIPAL CORPO- RATION, OR PUBLIC BODY AND THE NEXT LOWEST BID IS TEN PERCENT OR MORE, OR IS TEN PERCENT LOWER THAN THE CONTRACTING ENTITY'S ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECT'S COST, THE LOW BIDDER SHALL PROVIDE PROOF TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY THAT THE PREVAILING WAGE WILL BE PAID, FAILING WHICH, SUCH BID SHALL BE REJECTED. S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04752-01-9
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