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Assembly Bill A402

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to provisions in contracts relating to higher education capital matching grants

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2009-A402 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง220-i, Lab L

2009-A402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Whenever a recipient of a higher education capital matching grant enters into any contract, subcontract, lease, grant, bond, covenant or other agreement for or in connection with certain projects it shall be deemed a public works project.

2009-A402 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   402

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  certain
  contracts of recipients of higher education capital matching grants as
  public works projects

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  220-i  to
read as follows:
  S  220-I. PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION CAPITAL
MATCHING GRANTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL  LAW  OR
JUDICIAL  DECISION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHENEVER A RECIPIENT OF A HIGHER
EDUCATION CAPITAL MATCHING GRANT ENTERS INTO ANY CONTRACT,  SUBCONTRACT,
LEASE,  GRANT,  BOND,  COVENANT  OR OTHER AGREEMENT FOR OR IN CONNECTION
WITH A PROJECT AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-J  OF  THE
PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW,  AS ADDED BY SECTION ONE OF PART MM OF CHAPTER
FIFTY-NINE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR, IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE  A
PUBLIC  WORKS  PROJECT  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  ALL
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL  BE  APPLICABLE  TO  ALL  OF  THE  WORK
INVOLVED  IN  THE PROJECT. PROVIDED FURTHER, GRANTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-J OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, AS ADDED
BY SECTION ONE OF PART MM OF CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOU-
SAND FOUR, SHALL NOT BE UTILIZED FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH  ANY  PROJECT
ON WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE NOT APPLICABLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02570-01-9

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