Assembly Bill A3784

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the state contract sunlight act

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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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2021-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-c, Exec L; amd §112, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5857
2019-2020: A3541
2023-2024: A2489

2021-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the state contract sunlight act; requires the comptroller to develop a statewide database of all bids for contracts, state contracts, and any additional information available for public review; requires the attorney general to review contracts meeting a certain dollar amount.

2021-A3784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3784
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NORRIS, ASHBY, J. M. GIGLIO, MONTESANO, MORINEL-
   LO, B. MILLER, PALMESANO, SMULLEN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
   DeSTEFANO, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the state finance law, in relation
   to enacting the "state contract sunlight act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "state
 contract sunlight act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 170-c to
 read as follows:
   § 170-C. STATE CONTRACT PROJECT SUNLIGHT DATABASE.  1. THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL ESTABLISH A STATE-WIDE DATABASE TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE  CONTRACT
 PROJECT SUNLIGHT DATABASE.
   2.  (A)  BEFORE  ANY CONTRACT MADE FOR OR BY ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION,
 COMMISSION, AGENCY, AUTHORITY, BOARD OR ANY OTHER ENTITY  OF  THE  STATE
 SHALL  BE EXECUTED, OR BEFORE APPROVAL BY THE COMPTROLLER AND THE ATTOR-
 NEY GENERAL, IF REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE STATE FINANCE LAW, THE  DEPART-
 MENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, AGENCY, AUTHORITY, BOARD OR ANY OTHER ENTITY
 OF  THE  STATE AWARDING SUCH CONTRACT SHALL SUBMIT THE PROPOSED CONTRACT
 TO THE COMPTROLLER TO BE POSTED ON THE DATABASE FOR  PUBLIC  REVIEW  AND
 COMMENT AT LEAST FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE APPROVED BY
 THE  COMPTROLLER  AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, IF REQUIRED, OR BE EXECUTED.
 SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON A SCHEDULE AND IN A FORMAT
 DETERMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER.
   (B) EVERY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, AGENCY,  AUTHORITY,  BOARD
 OR  ANY OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT ALL AWARDED CONTRACTS AND
 BIDS RELATED TO SUCH CONTRACTS TO THE COMPTROLLER TO BE  POSTED  ON  THE
 DATABASE ON A SCHEDULE AND IN A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01738-01-1
              

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