Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 18, 2024 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A8864
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RAJKUMAR
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Rebecca Seawright
2023-A8864 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7383
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Cities
- Law Section:
- New York City Charter
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §326, NYC Chart
2023-A8864 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires public notice and comment for any contract for goods, services or construction to be awarded by other than competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors in excess of a threshold established by the procurement policy board by rule.
2023-A8864 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8864 I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Cities AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public notice and comment for certain contracts; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 326 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 19 of the city of New York for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows: § 326. Public [hearings] NOTICE AND COMMENT on contract awards. a. Prior to entering into any contract for goods, services or construction to be awarded by other than competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors, the value of which exceeds [one hundred thousand dollars] A THRESHOLD ESTABLISHED BY THE PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD BY RULE, the agency shall [upon reasonable public] GIVE notice [conduct a public hearing to receive testimony regarding the proposed contract. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if within a period of time after such notice, which period of time shall be deter- mined by the procurement policy board, no individual requests an oppor- tunity to speak at such a public hearing with respect to any such proposed contract the value of which does not exceed one million dollars, then such public hearing need not be conducted] IN THE CITY RECORD THAT COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACT MAY BE SUBMITTED ONLINE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, DETERMINED BY THE PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD IN ITS DISCRETION BY RULE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERIOD OF TIME SHALL BE NO LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS AND SHALL COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN THE DATE SUCH NOTICE IS GIVEN. IN ESTABLISHING A THRESHOLD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE PROCUREMENT POLICY BOARD SHALL CONSIDER FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NEED FOR EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY IN CITY PROCURE- MENTS. The procurement policy board may by rule exempt from this public [hearing] NOTICE AND COMMENT requirement contracts to be let which do not differ materially in terms and conditions, as defined by the board, from contracts currently held by the city where the parties to such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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