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Assembly Bill A3021

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Rochester to require a local labor force component in awarding public contracts

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2019-A3021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2708
2011-2012: A588
2013-2014: A41
2015-2016: A143
2017-2018: A1293

2019-A3021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Rochester to require a local labor force component in awarding public contracts.

2019-A3021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3021
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  giving  the
   city  of  Rochester  power to require a local labor force component in
   awarding public contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  103  of  the general municipal law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE  CITY  OF ROCHESTER MAY REQUIRE THAT FOR PUBLIC
 WORKS CONTRACTS OF MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT  MORE  THAN
 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE PERSONS WORKING
 ON  THE  CONTRACT  BE CITY RESIDENTS; THAT FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS OF
 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT  MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE PERSONS WORKING
 ON THE CONTRACT BE CITY RESIDENTS; THAT FOR PUBLIC  WORKS  CONTRACTS  OF
 MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN ONE
 MILLION DOLLARS AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PERSONS  WORKING  ON  THE
 CONTRACT  BE CITY RESIDENTS; AND THAT FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS OF MORE
 THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  PERSONS
 WORKING  ON THE CONTRACT BE CITY RESIDENTS. WHEN MAKING THE CALCULATIONS
 TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CITY RESIDENTS REQUIRED TO BE  WORKING  ON  A
 CONTRACT  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALL FRACTIONS SHALL BE
 ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER, WITH THE  MINIMUM  REQUIREMENT  FOR
 ANY  SUCH  CONTRACT  BEING ONE CITY RESIDENT. A CITY RESIDENT SHALL BE A
 PERSON WHOSE PERMANENT RESIDENCE IS IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00969-01-9

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