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Senate Bill S96

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all contract cost overruns that exceed one million dollars

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2025-S96 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1661
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1269-h, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11108
2019-2020: S3612, A724
2021-2022: S3677, A5730
2023-2024: S1301, A5585

2025-S96 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all minor and major contract cost overruns; establishes such report shall include a list of all contracts where overruns exceed one million dollars, all contracting firms involved, the winning bid amounts, the actual costs incurred, a description of the project, completion delays, and an analysis of why the contract bid amount was exceeded.

2025-S96 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S96 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    96
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   metropolitan transportation authority to create an  annual  report  on
   all minor and major contract cost overruns
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1269-h to read as follows:
   §  1269-H.  REPORT  ON  CONTRACT COST OVERRUNS. 1. THE AUTHORITY SHALL
 CREATE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON ALL MINOR AND MAJOR CONTRACT COST OVERRUNS.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MINOR COST CHANGE" IS DEFINED AS
 A CHANGE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN TEN PERCENT BUT LESS THAN  TWENTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT COST; "MEDIAN COST CHANGE" IS DEFINED AS
 A  CHANGE  EQUAL  TO  OR  GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT BUT LESS THAN
 FIFTY PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT COST; AND "MAJOR COST  CHANGE"  IS
 DEFINED  AS  A  CHANGE  EQUAL  TO  OR  GREATER THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
 ORIGINAL PROJECT COST.
   3. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO: A  LIST  OF
 ALL  CONTRACTS  WITH  MINOR COST CHANGES, MEDIAN COST CHANGES, AND MAJOR
 COST CHANGES; ALL CONTRACTING FIRMS  INVOLVED  IN  SUCH  CONTRACTS;  THE
 WINNING  BID  AMOUNTS  OF  SUCH CONTRACTS; THE ORIGINAL AND ACTUAL COSTS
 INCURRED FROM  SUCH  CONTRACTS,  AND  THE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  THE  TWO
 NUMBERS;  A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT; COMPLETION DELAYS, IF ANY; AND A
 DETAILED ANALYSIS OF WHY THE CONTRACT BID AMOUNT WAS EXCEEDED.
   4. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE IN A FORM  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  AUTHORITY  AND
 SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.
   5. EACH REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRES-
 IDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE THE
 FIFTEENTH OF FEBRUARY OF  EACH  CALENDAR  YEAR  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  ALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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