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                                  5471--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the lien law, in relation to requiring a surety bond for
   contractors and subcontractors where no public fund  has  been  estab-
   lished for the financing of a public improvement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5 of the lien law, as amended by chapter 155 of the
 laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 5. Liens under contracts for public improvements. A person  perform-
 ing  labor  for  or  furnishing  materials  to  a contractor, his or her
 subcontractor or legal representative, for the construction  or  demoli-
 tion  of  a public improvement pursuant to a contract by such contractor
 with the state or a public corporation, and  any  trust  fund  to  which
 benefits and wage supplements are due or payable for the benefit of such
 person  performing labor, shall have a lien for the principal and inter-
 est of the value or agreed price of such labor, including  benefits  and
 wage supplements due or payable for the benefit of any person performing
 labor,  or materials upon the moneys of the state or of such corporation
 applicable to the construction or demolition of such improvement, to the
 extent of the amount due or to become due on such contract, and under  a
 judgment  of  the  court of claims awarded to the contractor for damages
 arising from the breach of such contract by the state,  or  awarded  for
 furnishing labor or materials not contemplated by the provisions of said
 contract,  upon  filing  a notice of lien as prescribed in this article,
 except as hereinafter in this article provided. Where no public fund has
 been established for the financing of a public  improvement  with  esti-
 mated  cost  in  excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, the chief
 financial officer of the public owner shall require the  private  entity
 for  whom  the  public improvement is being made to post, or cause to be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 posted, a SURETY bond ISSUED BY A SURETY DULY LICENSED IN THE  STATE  OF
 NEW YORK or [other form of undertaking] AN IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT,
 IN  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK guaranteeing
 prompt  payment  of moneys due to the contractor, his or her subcontrac-
 tors and to all persons furnishing labor or materials to the  contractor
 or  his  or  her  subcontractors  in  the prosecution of the work on the
 public improvement.
   § 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 contracts entered into on or after such effective date.