Senate Bill S507

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state business contract database

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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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2019-S507 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-125, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2199
2017-2018: S1163
2021-2022: S4135
2023-2024: S986

2019-S507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state business contract database.

2019-S507 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    507
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  establishing  the  New
   York state business contract database

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-125
 to read as follows:
   § 14-125. NEW YORK STATE BUSINESS CONTRACT DATABASE. 1. A. AS USED  IN
 THIS SECTION:
   (I)  THE  TERM  "BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE" SHALL MEAN ANY
 CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS, SERVICES OR CONSTRUCTION THAT  IS
 ENTERED  INTO  OR  IN EFFECT WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY AGENCY OR
 ENTITY AFFILIATED THERETO NOT AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID  PROCESS
 PURSUANT  TO ARTICLES NINE AND ELEVEN OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. BUSINESS
 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE  STATE  SHALL  NOT  MEAN  ANY  PERSON  OR  ENTITY
 REJECTED  FROM  PARTICIPATION IN SUCH A CONTRACT OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
 NOT PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A CONTRACT WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  OF  ANY
 ELECTION.
   (II) THE TERM "NEW YORK STATE BUSINESS CONTRACT DATABASE" SHALL MEAN A
 DATABASE  CREATED,  OPERATED,  MAINTAINED AND UPDATED BY THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WHICH CONTAINS THE NAMES OF PERSONS WHO
 HAVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH  THE  STATE.  SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL  BE
 CREATED,  OPERATED, MAINTAINED AND UPDATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER IN A
 MANNER SO  AS  TO  ENSURE  ITS  REASONABLE  ACCURACY  AND  COMPLETENESS;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH DATABASE BE UPDATED LESS
 FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE A MONTH IN ANY GENERAL ELECTION YEAR. SUCH DATABASE
 SHALL ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DETERMINE IF A GIVEN PERSON HAS  A
 BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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