Senate Bill S7440

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7440

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 9, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
  and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  transparent
  methods of subcontracting by general contractors who enter public work
  contracts with the New York state dormitory authority

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

  Section 1. Section 1676-a of the public authorities law, as  added  by
chapter 769 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1676-a. [Payment] CONTRACTS FOR AND PAYMENT on authority public work
projects.  1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of any other law to the
contrary, all contracts for public work awarded by the dormitory author-
ity pursuant to this title shall  be  in  accordance  with  section  one
hundred thirty-nine-f of the state finance law. For the purposes of this
section, public work by the dormitory authority shall include but not be
limited  to the construction of dormitories and other related structures
as defined in paragraph a of subdivision two of section sixteen  hundred
seventy-six of this title, boards of cooperative educational services as
defined  in  paragraph  d  of subdivision two of section sixteen hundred
seventy-six of this  title,  locally  sponsored  community  colleges  as
defined  in  subdivision seven of section sixteen hundred seventy-six of
this title, and the city university as defined in subdivision  eight  of
section sixteen hundred seventy-six of this title.
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
EACH BIDDER ON A PUBLIC WORK CONTRACT, WHERE THE PREPARATION OF SEPARATE
SPECIFICATIONS IS NOT REQUIRED, SHALL SUBMIT WITH  ITS  BID  A  SEPARATE
SEALED  LIST  THAT  NAMES EACH SUBCONTRACTOR THAT THE BIDDER WILL USE TO
PERFORM WORK ON THE CONTRACT, AND THE AGREED-UPON AMOUNT TO BE  PAID  TO
EACH  FOR:  (I)  PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING, (II) STEAM HEATING, HOT WATER
HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND  (III)  ELECTRIC
WIRING  AND  STANDARD  ILLUMINATING  FIXTURES.  AFTER  THE  LOW  BID  IS
ANNOUNCED, THE SEALED LIST OF SUBCONTRACTORS SUBMITTED WITH SUCH LOW BID
SHALL BE OPENED AND THE NAMES OF SUCH SUBCONTRACTORS SHALL BE ANNOUNCED,
AND THEREAFTER ANY CHANGE OF SUBCONTRACTOR OR AGREED-UPON AMOUNT  TO  BE
PAID  TO EACH SHALL REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC OWNER, UPON A SHOWING
PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF LEGITIMATE CONSTRUCTION NEED  FOR  SUCH
              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15634-01-0

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CHANGE,   WHICH   SHALL  BE  OPEN  TO  PUBLIC  INSPECTION.    LEGITIMATE
CONSTRUCTION NEED SHALL BE LIMITED TO, A CHANGE  IN  PROJECT  SPECIFICA-
TIONS,  A CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS, A CHANGE TO SUBCONTRAC-
TOR STATUS AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO OF THE LABOR LAW, OR THE SUBCONTRACTOR
HAS BECOME OTHERWISE UNWILLING, UNABLE OR  UNAVAILABLE  TO  PERFORM  THE
SUBCONTRACT.  THE  SEALED LISTS OF SUBCONTRACTORS SUBMITTED BY ALL OTHER
BIDDERS SHALL BE RETURNED TO THEM UNOPENED AFTER THE CONTRACT AWARD.
  S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 1678 of the public authorities  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  251  of  the  laws  of 1962, is amended to read as
follows:
  8. IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC WORK CONTRACTS:
  (A) By contract or contracts or by its  own  employees  to  construct,
acquire,  reconstruct,  rehabilitate and improve, and furnish and equip,
dormitories and necessary and usual attendant facilities for state-oper-
ated institutions and statutory and contract colleges under  the  juris-
diction  of  the state university of New York pursuant to agreement with
the state university construction fund created by section three  hundred
seventy-one of the education law.
  (B)  PRIOR  TO  CONTRACT AWARD, TO ENSURE THAT EACH BIDDER ON A PUBLIC
WORK CONTRACT, WHERE THE PREPARATION OF SEPARATE SPECIFICATIONS  IS  NOT
REQUIRED,  SUBMIT  WITH  ITS  BID A SEPARATE SEALED LIST THAT NAMES EACH
SUBCONTRACTOR THAT THE BIDDER WILL USE TO PERFORM WORK ON THE  CONTRACT,
AND THE AGREED-UPON AMOUNT TO BE PAID TO EACH, FOR: (I) PLUMBING AND GAS
FITTING,  (II)  STEAM  HEATING,  HOT  WATER HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND (III) ELECTRIC WIRING  STANDARD  ILLUMINATING
FIXTURES. AFTER THE LOW BID IS ANNOUNCED, THE SEALED LIST OF SUBCONTRAC-
TORS  SUBMITTED  WITH SUCH LOW BID SHALL BE OPENED AND THE NAMES OF SUCH
SUBCONTRACTORS SHALL BE ANNOUNCED, AND THEREAFTER ANY CHANGE OF  SUBCON-
TRACTOR  OR  AGREED-UPON  AMOUNT  TO  BE  PAID TO EACH SHALL REQUIRE THE
APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC OWNER, UPON A SHOWING  PRESENTED  TO  THE  PUBLIC
OWNER  OF  LEGITIMATE  CONSTRUCTION NEED FOR SUCH CHANGE, WHICH SHALL BE
OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION. LEGITIMATE CONSTRUCTION NEED SHALL BE LIMITED
TO, A CHANGE IN PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS, A CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION MATERI-
AL COSTS, A CHANGE TO SUBCONTRACTOR STATUS  AS  DETERMINED  PURSUANT  TO
PARAGRAPH  (E)  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF
THE LABOR LAW, OR THE  SUBCONTRACTOR  HAS  BECOME  OTHERWISE  UNWILLING,
UNABLE  OR  UNAVAILABLE  TO PERFORM THE SUBCONTRACT. THE SEALED LISTS OF
SUBCONTRACTORS SUBMITTED BY ALL OTHER BIDDERS SHALL BE RETURNED TO  THEM
UNOPENED AFTER THE CONTRACT AWARD.
  (C)  TO  SELL,  CONVEY, LEASE, SUBLEASE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER ANY REAL
PROPERTY OR INTEREST THEREIN HELD BY THE AUTHORITY TO ANY PERSON,  FIRM,
ASSOCIATION,  CORPORATION  OR  AGENCY,  INCLUDING A PUBLIC BODY, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING OR  OTHERWISE  PROVIDING  THEREON  A  STRUCTURE,
PROVIDED  THAT,  SIMULTANEOUSLY  THEREWITH, THE AUTHORITY ENTERS INTO AN
AGREEMENT FOR THE  RECONVEYANCE,  PURCHASE,  LEASE,  SUBLEASE  OR  OTHER
ACQUISITION OF THE FACILITIES TO BE CONTAINED IN SUCH STRUCTURES.
  ANY CONTRACT UNDERTAKEN OR FINANCED BY THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY FOR ANY
CONSTRUCTION,  RECONSTRUCTION,  REHABILITATION  OR  IMPROVEMENT  FOR ANY
FACILITIES OR  COMBINED  OCCUPANCY  STRUCTURES  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  ONE  AND ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW;
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.