Assembly Bill A6410

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to advertising for bids and offers; letting of contracts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6410 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5644
2019-2020: A5571
2021-2022: A5589
2023-2024: A5413

2015-A6410 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to advertising for bids and offers; letting of contracts; raises the aggregate amount for sealed bids above the current levels for commodities from $20,000 to $80,000 and public works from $35,000 to $125,000.

2015-A6410 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6410

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to advertising
  for bids and offers; letting of contracts

  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 section 1 of chapter 2 of the laws of 2012, 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 [thirty-five] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars and all
purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than [twenty] EIGHTY
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 responsi-
ble bidder furnishing the  required  security  after  advertisement  for
sealed  bids  in the manner provided by this section, provided, however,
that purchase contracts  (including  contracts  for  service  work,  but
excluding  any  purchase  contracts  necessary  for  the completion of a
public works contract pursuant to article eight of the labor law) may be
awarded on the basis of best value, as defined in  section  one  hundred
sixty-three  of  the  state finance law, to a responsive and responsible
bidder or offerer in the manner provided by this section except that  in
a  political  subdivision  other  than  a  city with a population of one
million inhabitants or more or any district, board or agency with juris-
diction exclusively therein  the  use  of  best  value  for  awarding  a
purchase  contract or purchase contracts must be authorized by local law
or, in the case of a district corporation, school district or  board  of
cooperative  educational  services,  by  rule,  regulation or resolution

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09760-02-5
              

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