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Assembly Bill A8403

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires state contractors and municipalities and public authorities receiving state funds to have and disclose their policies on preventing human trafficking within their supply chains

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2015-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง148 & 53-e, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6380
2019-2020: A8061

2015-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state contractors and municipalities and public authorities receiving state funds to have and disclose their policies on preventing human trafficking within their supply chains.

2015-A8403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8403

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
  contractors and municipalities and public authorities receiving  state
  funds to disclose their policies on preventing human trafficking with-
  in their supply chains

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

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
148 to read as follows:
  S  148.  DISCLOSURE  OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY BY STATE CONTRACTORS.
ALL CONTRACT SOLICITATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INVITATIONS FOR
BIDS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR
QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ANY  OFFEROR  SEEKING
STATE  CONTRACTS SHALL HAVE IN PLACE A POLICY FOR PREVENTING HUMAN TRAF-
FICKING WITHIN ITS SUPPLY CHAIN AND SHALL DISCLOSE  SUCH  POLICY  BEFORE
ANY SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 53-e to
read as follows:
  S 53-E. DISCLOSURE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY BY  MUNICIPALITIES  AND
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.  ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES RECEIVING
APPROPRIATIONS OR ALLOCATIONS OF STATE FUNDS SHALL HAVE IN PLACE A POLI-
CY FOR PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHIN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS AND SHALL
DISCLOSE  TO  THE STATE ENTITY PROVIDING SUCH FUNDING SUCH POLICY BEFORE
ANY SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11822-02-5

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