Assembly Bill A5457

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits state purchase of products manufactured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum OSHA standards

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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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2017-A5457 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1329
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9583, S6518
2013-2014: A800, S2385
2015-2016: A2987, S7743
2019-2020: A3987

2017-A5457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state purchase of products manufactured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum OSHA standards; requires the commissioner of general services to compile a list of products manufactured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum safety standards and the manufacturers thereof.

2017-A5457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5457
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to products manufac-
   tured under conditions that fail to comply with minimum OSHA standards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM OCCUPATIONAL SAFE-
 TY AND HEALTH ACT (OSHA) STANDARDS.
   A.  AS  USED  IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "MINIMUM OSHA STANDARDS" SHALL MEAN
 THOSE STANDARDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE OCCUPATIONAL  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH
 ACT OF 1970, AS AMENDED.
   B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND IT
 SHALL BE HIS OR HER DUTY TO PREPARE A LIST  OF  ALL  PRODUCTS  THAT  ARE
 MANUFACTURED  UNDER  CONDITIONS  THAT  FAIL  TO  OBSERVE:  (I) STANDARDS
 PROMULGATED UNDER OSHA; OR (II) STANDARDS THAT ARE AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE
 AS THE STANDARDS PROMULGATED UNDER OSHA, WHICH RELATE TO THE SAME ISSUES
 THEREUNDER, WHERE SUCH A MANUFACTURING OPERATION OCCURS IN  A  JURISDIC-
 TION NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH SUCH STANDARDS, INCLUDING ANY
 OPERATION  WHICH  TAKES  PLACE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, NATION OR PROVINCE.
 THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL PREPARE A COMPANION  LIST  OF
 THE MANUFACTURERS OF SUCH PRODUCTS. THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES
 SHALL  ADD  OR  DELETE  FROM SAID LISTS ANY PRODUCT OR MANUFACTURER UPON
 GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL CAUSE  SUCH
 LISTS TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES.
   C. A STATE AGENCY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT FOR PROCUREMENT OF
 A  (I)  PRODUCT  CONTAINED  ON  THE LIST PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 GENERAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS  SUBDIVISION;  OR  (II)
 PRODUCT MANUFACTURER BY A MANUFACTURER CONTAINED ON THE LIST PREPARED BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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