Senate Bill S7522

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to work done by special order and bonds to secure payment of certain claims arising from a public improvement

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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-S7522 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6 & 20, Pub Bldg L; amd §137, St Fin L

2023-S7522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to work done by special order and bonds to secure payment of certain claims arising from a public improvement.

2023-S7522 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7522
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY  --  (at  request  of the Office of General
   Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public buildings law and the state finance law, in
   relation to work done by special order and bonds to secure payment  of
   certain claims arising from a public improvement
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The second undesignated  paragraph  of  section  6  of  the
 public buildings law, as amended by section 1 of part N of chapter 55 of
 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provisions of law, the commissioner
 of general services may by rules delegate to the  agency  or  department
 having custody of any public building full responsibility for the prepa-
 ration of plans and specifications and the supervision of minor, routine
 or  uncomplicated  construction, reconstruction, alteration, improvement
 or repair of any such building, providing the value of such  work  shall
 not exceed [one] TWO hundred [fifty] thousand dollars.
   §  2. Section 20 of the public buildings law, as amended by section 12
 of part FF of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 20. Work done by special order. The commissioner of general services
 shall  determine when minor work of construction, reconstruction, alter-
 ation or repair of any state building may  be  done  by  special  order.
 Special  orders  for such work shall be short-form contracts approved by
 the attorney general and by the comptroller. No work shall  be  done  by
 special  order  in  an  amount  in  excess of [one] TWO hundred thousand
 dollars and a bond shall not be required for  special  orders.  No  work
 shall  be done by special order unless the commissioner has presented to
 the comptroller evidence that he has made a diligent  effort  to  obtain
 competition  sufficient  to  protect the interests of the state prior to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06729-01-3
              

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