Senate Bill S880

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to payment in construction 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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2021-S880 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A967
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-f, St Fin L; amd §106-b, Gen Muni L (as proposed in S.7664 & A.9117)

2021-S880 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to payment in construction contracts; specifies the meaning of "substantial completion" for the purposes of requisition payments in construction contracts.

2021-S880 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S880 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    880
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law,  in
   relation to payment in construction 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 139-f of the state finance law, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the state finance law
 and the general  municipal  law  relating  to  payment  in  construction
 contracts,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7664 and A.9117,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1. Payment by public owners to contractors. The contractor shall peri-
 odically, in accordance with the terms of the contract,  submit  to  the
 public  owner  and/or his agent a requisition for a progress payment for
 the work performed and/or materials furnished to the date of the  requi-
 sition,  less  any  amount previously paid to the contractor. The public
 owner shall in accordance with the terms of  the  contract  approve  and
 promptly  pay  the  requisition  for the progress payment less an amount
 necessary to satisfy any claims, liens or judgments against the contrac-
 tor which have not been suitably discharged and less any retained amount
 as hereafter described. The public owner shall retain not more than five
 per centum of each progress payment to the contractor  except  that  the
 public  owner  may retain in excess of five per centum but not more than
 ten per centum of each progress payment to the contractor provided  that
 there  are  no  requirements  by  the public owner for the contractor to
 provide a performance bond and a labor and material  bond  both  in  the
 full  amount  of the contract. The public owner shall pay, upon requisi-
 tion from the contractor, for materials pertinent to the  project  which
 have  been  delivered  to  the site or off-site by the contractor and/or
 subcontractor and suitably stored and secured as required by the  public
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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