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Senate Bill S1586
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
2011-S1586 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L; amd §101, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S5559
2011-S1586 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1586 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the definition of qualified agencies PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To authorize public defenders, legal aid societies, and administrators of assigned counsel plans to have access to the Division of Criminal Justice Services' criminal history records of clients represented by or who receive representation through those entities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 9 of Executive Law section 835 to add public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel administrators to the list of qualified agencies. Qualified agencies may enter into agreements with the Division of Criminal Justice Services for access to its criminal history database as authorized by subdivision 6 of Executive Law section 837. JUSTIFICATION: Agencies that are defined as "qualified agencies" under Executive Law 5 835(9) have access to the criminal history records
2011-S1586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1586 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law and the general municipal law, in relation to assignment of contracts by school districts and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 42 to read as follows: 42. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMMISSION A SURVEY ON THE IMPACT OF EXEMPTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE SEPARATE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE THE IMPACT ON TIMEFRAMES FOR COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE OVERALL COSTS OF SUCH PROJECTS AND THE INTEG- RITY OF THE BIDDING PROCESS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE THE RESULTS OF SUCH SURVEY TO THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE COMPTROLLER, THE TEMPORARY PRESI- DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY IN THE FOURTH YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. S 2. Section 101 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. A. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AND ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CONTRACT, SUBCONTRACT, LEASE, GRANT, BOND, COVENANT, OR OTHER AGREEMENT FOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SEPARATE SPECIFICATIONS (REFERRED TO AS THE WICKS LAW). B. WHERE A SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTRACT TO A SINGLE PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY REQUIRE THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE NEXT APPARENT LOW BIDDER, TO SUBMIT TO THE DISTRICT THE NAMES OF THE BIDDER'S PROPOSED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01746-01-1
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