Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 12, 2022 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S9179
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2021-S9179 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Public Authorities Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §359, Pub Auth L
2021-S9179 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9179 SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the electron- ic submission and public posting of bids for New York state thruway authority construction, reconstruction and improvement contracts PURPOSE: To allow the Thruway Authority to accept electronic bids for construction work. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one allows the Thruway Authority to accept electronic bids for construction work and requires the authority electronically post such bids for public view. Section two is the effective date.
2021-S9179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9179 I N S E N A T E May 12, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the electron- ic submission and public posting of bids for New York state thruway authority construction, reconstruction and improvement 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 359 of the public authorities law, as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 1. On assuming jurisdiction of a thruway section or connection or any part thereof, or of a highway connection, the authority shall proceed with the construction, reconstruction or improvement thereof. All such work shall be done pursuant to a contract or contracts which shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, by sealed proposals publicly opened, OR BY ELECTRONICALLY SECURE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION AS PERMITTED BY THE AUTHORITY AND ELECTRONICALLY POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW, after public advertisement and upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall require; provided, however, that the authority may reject any and all proposals and may advertise for new proposals, as herein provided, if in its opinion, the best interests of the authority will thereby be promoted; provided further, however, that at the request of the authori- ty, all or any portion of such work, together with any engineering required by the authority in connection therewith, shall be performed by the commissioner and his subordinates in the department of transporta- tion as agents for, and at the expense of, the authority. A sealed proposal may be accepted through an electronic platform established or used by the authority, provided that any sealed proposal received elec- tronically shall be made public at the same time as any competing paper proposal, and provided further that the authority shall, at minimum, provide the same opportunity and time for submitting sealed proposals physically as for sealed proposals submitted electronically, and shall provide the opportunity for bidders to submit sealed proposals phys- ically any time that it provides the opportunity to submit sealed elec- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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