Assembly Bill A5912

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to consolidated local highway assistance payments

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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-A5912 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10-c, Hway L; amd §234, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8808
2019-2020: A3695
2023-2024: A5159

2021-A5912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to consolidated local highway assistance payments; increases the amount of the current cost threshold to $750,000 over which local highway and bridge construction work under the CHIPS program must be contracted through a competitive bid.

2021-A5912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5912
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ASHBY, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, GOODELL,
   HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO, NORRIS, BYRNE, SALKA, SMULLEN, TAGUE,
   WALCZYK  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law and the transportation law, in  relation
   to consolidated local highway assistance payments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 10-c of the high-
 way law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  Funds  allocated  for local street or highway projects under this
 subdivision shall be used to undertake work on a project either with the
 municipality's own forces or by contract, provided however, that whenev-
 er the estimate for the construction contract work exceeds  one  hundred
 thousand  dollars  but does not exceed [three] SEVEN hundred fifty thou-
 sand dollars such work must be performed either with the  municipality's
 own  forces or by contract let by competitive bid in accordance with the
 provisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law and
 provided  further,  however,  that  whenever  the   estimate   for   the
 construction  contract work exceeds [three] SEVEN hundred fifty thousand
 dollars such work must be performed by contract let by  competitive  bid
 in  accordance  with  the provisions of section one hundred three of the
 general municipal law.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of  section  234  of  the  transportation  law,  as
 amended  by  section  2  of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. for local street or highway projects, to undertake the work of  the
 project either with its own forces or by contract, however, whenever the
 estimate  for  the  construction  contract  work  exceeds  [three] SEVEN
 hundred fifty thousand dollars such work must be performed  by  contract
 let by the competitive bid process.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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