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Assembly Bill A6505A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires electronic reporting by contractors and sub-contractors for state contracts

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2023-A6505 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-A6505 - Summary

Requires all state agencies to require all contractors that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a contract, submit an annual employment report with the job titles and number of employees necessary to perform such contract; further provides that such information be submitted electronically in order for such information to be searchable and transferable to a spreadsheet or database.

2023-A6505 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6505
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring elec-
   tronic  reporting  by  contractors  and  sub-contractors   for   state
   contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 163  of  the  state
 finance  law,  as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   g. (I) All state agencies shall  require  all  contractors,  including
 sub-contractors,  that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a
 contract, to submit an annual employment report for  each  contract  for
 services  that includes for each employment category within the contract
 the NAMES OF THE EMPLOYEES AND  THE  number  of  employees  employed  to
 provide  services  under the contract, the number of hours they work and
 their total compensation under the contract. Employment reports shall be
 submitted ELECTRONICALLY IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS SUCH DATA TO BE SEARCH-
 ABLE AND TRANSFERABLE TO  A  SPREADSHEET  OR  DATABASE  WITHOUT  FURTHER
 MANIPULATION.    THE  REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY
 THE OFFICE OF  AUDIT  AND  CONTROL,  to  the  agency  that  awarded  the
 contract,  the  department  of civil service and the department of audit
 and control and shall be available for  public  inspection  and  copying
 pursuant  to  section  eighty-seven  of the public officers law provided
 that in disclosing such reports pursuant to the public officers law, the
 agency making the disclosure shall redact the [name or] social  security
 number of any individual employee that is included in such document. THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF AUDIT AND CONTROL SHALL MAINTAIN A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF
 ALL ELECTRONIC FORMS SUBMITTED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH AND SUCH  SEARCHABLE
 DATABASE  SHALL  BE  POSTED  ON  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE AND SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE AUTHORIZING AGENCY, THE NAME OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10698-01-3

2023-A6505A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-A6505A - Summary

Requires all state agencies to require all contractors that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a contract, submit an annual employment report with the job titles and number of employees necessary to perform such contract; further provides that such information be submitted electronically in order for such information to be searchable and transferable to a spreadsheet or database.

2023-A6505A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6505--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  requiring  elec-
   tronic reporting

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 163  of  the  state
 finance  law,  as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   g. (I) All state agencies shall  require  all  contractors,  including
 sub-contractors,  that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a
 contract, to submit an annual employment report for  each  contract  for
 services  that includes for each employment category within the contract
 the NAMES OF THE EMPLOYEES AND  THE  number  of  employees  employed  to
 provide  services  under the contract, the number of hours they work and
 their total compensation under the contract. Employment reports shall be
 submitted ELECTRONICALLY IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS SUCH DATA TO BE SEARCH-
 ABLE AND TRANSFERABLE TO  A  SPREADSHEET  OR  DATABASE  WITHOUT  FURTHER
 MANIPULATION.    THE  REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY
 THE OFFICE OF  AUDIT  AND  CONTROL,  to  the  agency  that  awarded  the
 contract,  the  department  of civil service and the department of audit
 and control and shall be available for  public  inspection  and  copying
 pursuant  to  section  eighty-seven  of the public officers law provided
 that in disclosing such reports pursuant to the public officers law, the
 agency making the disclosure shall redact the [name or] social  security
 number of any individual employee that is included in such document. THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF AUDIT AND CONTROL SHALL MAINTAIN A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF
 ALL ELECTRONIC FORMS SUBMITTED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH AND SUCH  SEARCHABLE
 DATABASE  SHALL  BE  POSTED  ON  A  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE AND SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE AUTHORIZING AGENCY, THE NAME OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10698-02-3

co-Sponsors

2023-A6505B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-A6505B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all state agencies to require all contractors that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a contract, submit an annual employment report with the job titles and number of employees necessary to perform such contract; further provides that such information be submitted electronically in order for such information to be searchable and transferable to a spreadsheet or database.

2023-A6505B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6505--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   again  reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  requiring  elec-
   tronic reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 163  of  the  state
 finance  law,  as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   g. (I) All state agencies shall  require  all  contractors,  including
 sub-contractors,  that provide services for state purposes pursuant to a
 contract, to submit an annual employment report for  each  contract  for
 services  that includes for each employment category within the contract
 the number of employees employed to provide services under the contract,
 the number of hours they work and their  total  compensation  under  the
 contract.  Employment  reports  shall  be  submitted ELECTRONICALLY IN A
 MANNER THAT ALLOWS SUCH DATA TO BE  SEARCHABLE  AND  TRANSFERABLE  TO  A
 SPREADSHEET OR DATABASE WITHOUT FURTHER MANIPULATION.  THE REPORTS SHALL
 BE SUBMITTED ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE OFFICE OF AUDIT AND CONTROL, to
 the  agency  that  awarded the contract, the department of civil service
 and the department of audit and  control  and  shall  be  available  for
 public  inspection  and  copying pursuant to section eighty-seven of the
 public officers law provided that in disclosing such reports pursuant to
 the public officers law, the agency making the disclosure  shall  redact
 the  name  or  social security number of any individual employee that is
 included in such document. THE DEPARTMENT OF  AUDIT  AND  CONTROL  SHALL
 MAINTAIN  A  SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF ALL ELECTRONIC FORMS SUBMITTED UNDER
 THIS PARAGRAPH AND SUCH SEARCHABLE DATABASE SHALL BE POSTED ON A PUBLIC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10698-03-3

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