Senate Bill S3364

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a waiver for minority and women-owned businesses upon request, and for plans and specifications on contracts available electronically or in non-paper format

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8063 - On Floor Calendar

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2009-S3364 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8063
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §143, St Fin L

2009-S3364 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a waiver for minority and women-owned businesses upon request, and for plans and specifications made available and obtained electronically or in any non-paper format from the board, division, bureau, agency, officer or commission of the state.

2009-S3364 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3364

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER  --  (at  request  of the Office of General
  Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Finance

AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to deposits on plans
  and specifications for contracts for public works

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 143 of the state finance law, as
amended by chapter 43 of the  laws  of  1969,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  any  general or
special law, the board, division, department, bureau, agency, officer or
commission of the state charged with the duty  of  preparing  plans  and
specifications  for  and  awarding  or  entering  into contracts for the
performance of public work [shall] MAY require the payment  of  a  fixed
sum  of  money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each copy of such
plans and specifications, by persons or  corporations  desiring  a  copy
thereof.  Any  person  or  corporation desiring a copy of such plans and
specifications and making the deposit required by this section shall  be
furnished with one copy of the plans and specifications. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE  ABOVE WHERE PAYMENT IS REQUIRED, IT SHALL BE WAIVED UPON REQUEST BY
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO
ARTICLE  FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH PAYMENT MAY ALSO BE WAIVED
WHEN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND OBTAINED  ELEC-
TRONICALLY  OR  IN  ANY NON-PAPER FORM FROM THE BOARD, DIVISION, DEPART-
MENT, BUREAU, AGENCY, OFFICER OR COMMISSION OF THE STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07872-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.