Assembly Actions -
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Jun 28, 2024 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S9869
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2023-S9869 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S9869 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9869 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure MWBE certified businesses can compete for local procurement opportunities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends Section 104-a of the general municipal law to provide that when purchasing goods, services or construction for public use on contracts less than one million a municipality may award the contract as reason- ably competitive when (1) a study has found that there is or has been a
2023-S9869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9869 I N S E N A T E June 28, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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- factured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and which meets the requirements of subdivision two of section 27-0717 of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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