Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 22, 2014 |
advanced to third reading cal.762 |
May 19, 2014 |
reported |
May 13, 2014 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to governmental operations |
Jun 18, 2013 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.465 rules report cal.465 reported |
Jun 17, 2013 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 13, 2013 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 22, 2013 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A7506
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRONSON
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Linda Rosenthal
N. Nick Perry
Donna Lupardo
Ellen C. Jaffee
2013-A7506 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7506 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 22, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the cost effec- tiveness of consultant contracts by state agencies; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to enact a cost benefit review process when a state agency enters into contracts for personal services. New York State spends over $3.5 billion annually on personal service contracts, over $840 million more than the State spent on these contracts in SFY 2003-04, a 32% increase. Despite an Executive Order that has implemented a post contract review process for some personal service contracts the cost of those contracts continues to escalate every year well above the inflation rate. In addition the State Finance Law does not require state agencies to compare the cost or quality of personal services to be provided by consultants with the cost or quality of providing the same services by the state employees. Numerous audits by the Office of State Comptroller as well as a KPMG study commissioned by the department of transportation have found that consultants hired under personal service contracts can cost between fifty percent and seventy-five percent more than state employees that do the exact same work including the cost of state employee benefits. The Contract Disclo- sure Law (Chapter 10 of the laws of 2006) required consultants who provide personal services to file forms for each contract that outline how many consultants they hired, what titles they employed them in and how much they paid them. A review of these forms show that the average consultant makes about fifty percent more than state employees doing comparable work. It is in the public interest for state agencies to compare the cost of doing work by consultants with the cost of doing the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11164-01-3
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