Senate Bill S4073

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of American-made iron, steel and manufactured products in certain government contracts; repealer

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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-S4073 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2086
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §146, St Fin L; rpld §2603-a, add §2877-a, Pub Auth L; amd §38, Hway L; amd §103, Gen Muni L; amd §8, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7206, A9521
2015-2016: S5606, A7805

2017-S4073 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of American-made iron, steel and manufactured products in certain government contracts.

2017-S4073 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4073
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ROBACH,  FUNKE, AMEDORE, CROCI, GALLIVAN, HANNON,
   MURPHY -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, the public authorities law, the
   highway law, the general municipal law, and the public buildings  law,
   in  relation  to  requiring  the  use of American made iron, steel and
   manufactured products in certain government contracts, and  to  repeal
   certain provisions of the public authorities law and the state finance
   law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as the "New York State
 Buy American Act".
   § 2. Section 146 of the state  finance  law  is  REPEALED  and  a  new
 section 146 is added to read as follows:
   § 146. THE NEW YORK STATE BUY AMERICAN ACT. 1. USE OF AMERICAN MATERI-
 ALS.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EACH CONTRACT FOR
 THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A  PUBLIC
 BUILDING  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS  MADE  BY  A  PUBLIC  AGENCY SHALL CONTAIN A
 PROVISION THAT THE  IRON,  STEEL,  AND  MANUFACTURED  PRODUCTS  USED  OR
 SUPPLIED  IN  THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT OR ANY SUBCONTRACT THERETO
 AND PERMANENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE PUBLIC BUILDING  OR  PUBLIC  WORKS
 SHALL BE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.
   (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAP-
 TER, NO BIDDER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE
 BIDDER AND NO BID SHALL BE DEEMED THE BEST VALUE UNLESS THE BID  OFFERED
 BY  SUCH BIDDER WILL COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT TERM REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY  IN ANY CASE OR CATEGORY OF CASES IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF A
 PUBLIC AGENCY FINDS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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