Senate Bill S6673

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the letting of certain contracts involving non-market economy countries

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions 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-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8385
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2877-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6990

2019-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the letting of certain contracts involving non-market economy countries; provides that certain contracts shall not be awarded or executed with any vendor that receives support from a non-market economy country, was identified as a priority foreign country, and is subject to monitoring by the United States trade representative.

2019-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6673
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  letting
   of certain contracts involving non-market economy countries
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 2877-a to read as follows:
   §  2877-A.  LETTING  OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS INVOLVING NON-MARKET ECONOMY
 COUNTRIES. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  ALL  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES  SHALL  AWARD  CONTRACTS  AS  SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. ALL
 PURCHASE CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OPERATION,  REPAIR,
 MAINTENANCE  OR  IMPROVEMENT  OF  ANY  MASS  TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, OR
 EQUIPMENT IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION  DOLLARS  SHALL  NOT  BE  AWARDED  OR
 EXECUTED WITH ANY VENDOR THAT RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM A NON-MARKET ECONOMY
 COUNTRY  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 7781(18) OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 (19
 U.S.C. 1677(18)) AND WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESEN-
 TATIVE IN THE MOST RECENT REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 182  OF  THE  TRADE
 ACT  OF 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) AS A PRIORITY FOREIGN COUNTRY UNDER SUBDI-
 VISION (A)(2) OF THAT SECTION, AND  IS  SUBJECT  TO  MONITORING  BY  THE
 UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE UNDER SECTION 306 OF THE TRADE ACT OF
 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
   2.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION  IS INTENDED TO CONTRAVENE ANY EXISTING
 TREATIES, LAWS, TRADE AGREEMENTS, OR REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OR
 SUBSEQUENT TRADE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN ANY  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES
 AND THE STATE OR THE UNITED STATES.
   3.  ANY  AUTHORITY  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE ADMINIS-
 TRATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law  and  shall  apply  to  any  state  contracts
 executed  and  entered into on or after such date and shall exclude such
 contracts that have been previously awarded  or  have  pending  bids  or
 pending requests for proposals issued as of April 1, 2019.

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