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                                  6117

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  requiring  a
  study  by  the authorities budget office on economic benefits provided
  by authorities; requiring that financing provided  by  authorities  be
  subject to certain standards; and requiring that contractors receiving
  economic benefits from a public authority be subject to certain stand-
  ards

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "public
authority financing and contractor accountability act of 2011".
  S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new article 1-B
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 1-B
                     PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND
                      CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
SECTION 52. PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY.
  S 52. PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY. 1. THE
AUTHORITY  BUDGET  OFFICE, AS CREATED BY CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE, SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR  OF  THE
STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS IN THE
SENATE AND THE CHAIR OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORI-
TIES AND COMMISSIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY, ANALYZING THE  AMOUNT  OF  FUNDING
AND  ECONOMIC  BENEFIT  PROVIDED  BY  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATIONS, INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT  AGENCIES,  OR  LOCAL  DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATIONS.  SUCH  ANALYSIS  SHALL  INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGE OF BENEFITS
PROVIDED FOR PROJECTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED  TWENTY  OF  THE
LABOR  LAW.  IF  TEN  PERCENT  OR  MORE  OF  THE PUBLIC WORK PROJECT WAS
FINANCED BY AN AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL  DEVEL-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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OPMENT  AGENCY, OR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE AUTHORITY BUDGET OFFICE
SHALL ANALYZE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS COMPLETING  THE  PROJECTS  WERE
PAID  THE  PREVAILING  WAGE.  THE  REPORT  SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON THE ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTIETH DAY AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
  2. ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION THAT FINANCES OR
PROVIDES  TEN PERCENT OR MORE OF THE FINANCING TO A CONTRACTOR OR ENTITY
NEEDED TO COMPLETE A CONTRACT OF A PROJECT AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW IS REQUIRED TO ENFORCE THAT SUCH PROJECT
BE SUBJECT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW AS A REQUISITE
OF SUCH FINANCING.
  3.  AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, CONTRACTORS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT
TO THE AWARDING AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR ENTITY STATING THAT THE CONTRACT
WAS FULLY EXECUTED, THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS AND WAGES PAID  TO  EMPLOYEES
OR WORKERS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT OR CONTRACT, AND ANY OTHER RELE-
VANT  INFORMATION  DETERMINED  BY  THE  AWARDING AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR
ENTITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  "CONTRACTOR"  SHALL  MEAN  AN
INDIVIDUAL,  A  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE, INCLUDING A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, A
PARTNERSHIP, A CORPORATION, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, OR  ANY  OTHER
PARTY  TO A STATE CONTRACT, OR A BIDDER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AWARD OF
A STATE CONTRACT, OR A PROPOSED PARTY TO A STATE CONTRACT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.