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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Senate Bill S1584
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2019-S1584 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S1584 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1584 Revised 3/4/2020 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, and the New York city char- ter, in relation to opportunities for minority and women-owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises PURPOSE: To expand opportunities for minority and women owned business enter- prises and emerging business enterprises. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would add a definition of "best value" to newly lettered § 103(1)(g)(1), applicable only to cities with a population of one million inhabitants or more, to allow such a city to give weight to firms certified pursuant to local law as minority- or women owned busi- nesses or as "emerging business enterprises and to the prospective
2019-S1584 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1584 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, and the New York city char- ter, in relation to opportunities for minority and women-owned busi- ness enterprises and emerging business enterprises THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of 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: 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 thousand dollars and all purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than twenty 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 responsible 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 pursu- ant 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; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE MAY ALSO IDENTIFY A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR TO BE USED IN EVALUATION OF BIDS OR OFFERS FOR AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR BIDDERS OR OFFERERS THAT ARE MINORITY- OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTI- FIED PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW, to a responsive and responsible bidder or offerer in the manner provided by this section except that in a poli- tical subdivision other than a city with a population of one million EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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