Assembly Bill A7369

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes political subdivisions to award public competitively bid contracts to businesses that participate in certain programs

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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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2009-A7369 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3514
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5469, A10057, S1353
2013-2014: A719, S415
2015-2016: A761, S1020
2017-2018: A1757, S4187

2009-A7369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes political subdivisions to award publicly competitively bid contracts to businesses that participate in a program designed to foster participation by local businesses in public procurement at a cost premium not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid.

2009-A7369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7369

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS, BACALLES, KOON, WALKER, ROBINSON, CASTRO,
  JAFFEE, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  THIELE,  TOWNSEND  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
  political subdivisions to award public competitively bid contracts  to
  businesses  that  participate  in a program designed to foster partic-
  ipation by local businesses in public procurement at  a  cost  premium
  not to exceed ten percent of the lowest bid

  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:
  S  104-a. Purchasing [of products] for public use.  1. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section  one  hundred  three  of  this  chapter,  when
purchasing products the officer, board or agency of any political subdi-
vision  or  of  any district therein charged with the awarding of public
contracts may, wherever recycled products meet  contract  specifications
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 materials, 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  subdivision  [one  of
section   one  hundred  seventy-seven]  THREE  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE of the state finance law for products available to the  poli-
tical  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 subdi-
vision or district thereof with respect to a specific commodity procure-
ment by such entity. On and after July first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10396-01-9
              

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