Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to local governments |
Jan 13, 2023 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A1271
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Harvey Epstein
2023-A1271 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A1271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1271 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of a minority and women owned business enterprise program at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid as an available remedy to a demonstrated disparity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 104-a of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 468 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: § 104-a. Purchasing [of products] for public use. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred three of this [chapter] ARTICLE, when purchasing products the officer, board or agency of any political subdivision or of any district therein charged with the awarding of public contracts may, wherever recycled products meet contract specifi- cations and the price of such products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the purpose of this [section] SUBDIVISION and until July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean any product which has been manufactured from secondary mate- rials, as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets secondary material content requirements adopted by the office of general services [under subdivi- sion one of section one hundred seventy-seven of the state finance law] for products available to the political subdivision or district under state contract or, if no such contract for such product is available, any product which meets the secondary material content requirements adopted by the political subdivision or district thereof with respect to a specific commodity procurement by such entity. On and after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean, for the purposes of this [section] SUBDIVISION, any product which is manu- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01150-01-3
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