Senate Bill S1091

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to purchasing restrictions and investment of certain public funds in persons that contract to build a border wall

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts 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-S1091 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §165-b, St Fin L; add §423-d, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5405
2019-2020: S2188
2021-2022: S3316

2023-S1091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to purchasing restrictions and investment of certain public funds in persons that contract to build a border wall; requires the commissioner to develop and publish, using credible information available to the public, a list of persons determined by the commissioner, that have contracted to build a border wall.

2023-S1091 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1091
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  purchasing
   restrictions on persons that contract to build a border wall; to amend
   the  retirement and social security law, in relation to the investment
   of certain public funds in persons that contract  to  build  a  border
   wall;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 165-b to read as follows:
   § 165-B. PURCHASING RESTRICTIONS; PERSONS THAT  CONTRACT  TO  BUILD  A
 BORDER WALL. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
 APPLY:
   (A)  "CONTRACTS  TO  BUILD  A  BORDER WALL" SHALL MEAN ENTERING INTO A
 CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING A WALL
 ALONG THE BORDER OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
   (B) "PERSON" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  NATURAL  PERSON,  CORPORATION,  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY,  UNINCORPORATED  ASSOCIATION OR ANY OTHER NONGOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITY,  ORGANIZATION,  OR  GROUP,  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR,  SUBUNIT,
 PARENT, OR SUBSIDIARY OF THE SAME.
   2.  (A)  ANY  PERSON  THAT IS IDENTIFIED ON A LIST CREATED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS A PERSON THAT CONTRACTS TO BUILD  A
 BORDER  WALL,  AS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A RESPONSIVE BIDDER OR OFFERER, PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) NOT LATER THAN NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  THEN  ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP
 AND PUBLISH, USING CREDIBLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, A  LIST
 OF PERSONS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THAT HAVE CONTRACTED TO BUILD
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03293-01-3
              

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