Assembly Bill A725A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered and accepted for a public or private construction project

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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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2013-A725 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S980
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-f, St Fin L; amd §106-b, Gen Muni L; amd §756-c, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8473, S6158
2015-2016: A796, A10275, S2931, S7652
2017-2018: A358, S4467
2019-2020: A574, S5498
2021-2022: A494, S1387
2023-2024: A1194, S6855

2013-A725 - Summary

Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered for a public or private construction project.

2013-A725 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   725

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, TENNEY -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law,  in
  relation  to requiring full payment for delivered and accepted materi-
  als pertaining to public work projects; and to amend the general busi-
  ness law, in relation to prohibiting the retention of any payment  due
  and owing a material supplier for a construction project

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 139-f of the state  finance
law,  subdivision  1  as  added  by  chapter 769 of the laws of 1978 and
subdivision 2 as amended by section 16 of part MM of chapter 57  of  the
laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Payment by public owners to contractors. The contractor shall peri-
odically,  in  accordance  with the terms of the contract, submit to the
public owner and/or [his] ITS agent a requisition for a progress payment
for the work performed and/or materials furnished to  the  date  of  the
requisition,  less  any  amount  previously  paid to the contractor. The
public owner shall in accordance with the terms of the contract  approve
and promptly pay the requisition for the progress payment less an amount
necessary to satisfy any claims, liens or judgments against the contrac-
tor which have not been suitably discharged and less any retained amount
as hereafter described. The public owner shall retain not more than five
per centum of each progress payment, NOT INCLUDING ANY PAYMENT FOR MATE-
RIALS  PERTINENT  TO THE PROJECT WHICH HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND ACCEPTED,
to the contractor except that the public owner may retain in  excess  of
five  per  centum  but  not  more  than  ten per centum of each progress
payment, NOT INCLUDING  ANY  PAYMENT  FOR  MATERIALS  PERTINENT  TO  THE
PROJECT  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  DELIVERED  AND  ACCEPTED,  to the contractor
provided that there are no requirements by  the  public  owner  for  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2013-A725A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S980
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §139-f, St Fin L; amd §106-b, Gen Muni L; amd §756-c, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8473, S6158
2015-2016: A796, A10275, S2931, S7652
2017-2018: A358, S4467
2019-2020: A574, S5498
2021-2022: A494, S1387
2023-2024: A1194, S6855

2013-A725A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the retention of any amount of payment due and owing for materials delivered for a public or private construction project.

2013-A725A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 725--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRAUNSTEIN, TENNEY, NOJAY, SCHIMEL, MONTESANO,
  HEVESI, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STECK --  read  once
  and  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommit-
  ted to the Committee on Governmental  Operations  in  accordance  with
  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on
  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the state finance law and the general municipal law, in
  relation to requiring full payment for delivered and accepted  materi-
  als pertaining to public work projects; and to amend the general busi-
  ness  law, in relation to prohibiting the retention of any payment due
  and owing a material supplier for a construction project

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 139-f of the state finance
law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 769  of  the  laws  of  1978  and
subdivision  2  as amended by section 16 of part MM of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Payment by public owners to contractors. The contractor shall peri-
odically, in accordance with the terms of the contract,  submit  to  the
public owner and/or [his] ITS agent a requisition for a progress payment
for  the  work  performed  and/or materials furnished to the date of the
requisition, less any amount previously  paid  to  the  contractor.  The
public  owner shall in accordance with the terms of the contract approve
and promptly pay the requisition for the progress payment less an amount
necessary to satisfy any claims, liens or judgments against the contrac-
tor which have not been suitably discharged and less any retained amount
as hereafter described. The public owner shall retain not more than five
per centum of each progress payment, NOT INCLUDING ANY PAYMENT FOR MATE-
RIALS PERTINENT TO THE PROJECT WHICH HAVE BEEN DELIVERED,  ACCEPTED  AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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