Assembly Bill A10462

                             
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                                   10462
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to prohibiting persons from submitting claims  on  behalf  of
   subcontractors who were not pre-authorized by a contracting agency and
   receiving payment for the unauthorized claims

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 6-112.1 to read as follows:
   §  6-112.1  USE  OF UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACTORS. ANY PERSON WHO SUBMITS A
 CLAIM FOR AND RECEIVES PAYMENT IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
 FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR NOT PRE-AUTHORIZED BY THE AGENCY AS REQUIRED BY  THE
 CONTRACT,  SHALL  BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT
 LESS THAN ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  NOR  MORE  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS, BY IMPRISONMENT FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH;
 AND  THE  PERSON  ON  WHOSE  BEHALF SUCH FALSE, DECEPTIVE, OR FRAUDULENT
 REPRESENTATION WAS MADE, SHALL THENCEFORTH BE DISQUALIFIED FROM  BIDDING
 ON ANY CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15037-01-6