Assembly Bill A5159

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to consolidated local highway assistance payments

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A5159 (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
2021-2022: A5912

2023-A5159 (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.

2023-A5159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5159
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO,  BLANKENBUSH,  BRABENEC,  BYRNES,
   J. M. GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, MORINELLO, NORRIS,  SMULLEN,  TAGUE  --
   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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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