Assembly Actions -
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Jun 20, 2014 |
committed to rules |
Mar 06, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 05, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 04, 2014 |
1st report cal.236 |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to cities |
Jun 21, 2013 |
committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2013 |
1st report cal.929 |
May 22, 2013 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S5575
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last 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
Votes
2013-S5575 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §103, Gen Muni L
2013-S5575 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5575 REVISED 5/28/13 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for public work in a city having a population of one million or more SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill amends General Municipal Law to authorize cities with a population of one million or more to include in a contract for any public work project any work deemed necessary or desirable to maintain, support, protect or otherwise accommodate, remove, relocate, alter, replace, reconstruct or improve energy, telecommunications and other private facilities or structures not owned by the City which are located within, traversing or adjacent to the construction area of such project. The bill deems such work "public work" for the purposes of Section 103 and, thus, permits the City to award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder for all of the work, including the utility interference work. The bill also provides that the costs of such work are not borne by the municipality. JUSTIFICATION: Public rights of way generally contain not only municipally owned utility services like water mains and sewers but also utility lines for the transmission of energy and
2013-S5575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5575 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 22, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for public work in a city having a population of one million or more THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 103 of the general municipal law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 2 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided by an act of the legis- lature or by a local law adopted prior to September first, nineteen hundred fifty-three, all contracts for public work involving an expendi- ture of more than thirty-five thousand dollars and all purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars, shall be awarded by the appropriate officer, board or agency of a poli- tical subdivision or of any district therein including but not limited to a soil conservation district to the lowest responsible bidder furnishing the required security after advertisement for sealed bids in the manner provided by this section, provided, however, that purchase contracts (including contracts for service work, but excluding any purchase contracts necessary for the completion of a public works contract pursuant to article eight of the labor law) may be awarded on the basis of best value, as defined in section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law, to a responsive and responsible bidder or offerer in the manner provided by this section except that in a poli- tical subdivision other than a city with a population of one million inhabitants or more or any district, board or agency with jurisdiction exclusively therein the use of best value for awarding a purchase contract or purchase contracts must be authorized by local law or, in the case of a district corporation, school district or board of cooper- ative educational services, by rule, regulation or resolution adopted at EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11232-01-3
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