Assembly Bill A1271

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes political subdivisions to award public contracts to participants of a MWBE program at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid

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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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2023-A1271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9869
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10263, S5094
2021-2022: A7496, S2247

2023-A1271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes 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.

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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