Bill Text: NY A02626 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public works.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A02626 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02626-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2626
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 24, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to deposits on plans
          and specifications for contracts for public works
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 143 of the state finance law, as
     2  amended by chapter 43 of the  laws  of  1969,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  any  general or
     5  special law, the board, division, department, bureau, agency, officer or
     6  commission of the state charged with the duty  of  preparing  plans  and
     7  specifications  for  and  awarding  or  entering  into contracts for the
     8  performance of public work [shall] may require the payment  of  a  fixed
     9  sum  of  money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each copy of such
    10  plans and specifications, by persons or  corporations  desiring  a  copy
    11  thereof.  Any  person  or  corporation desiring a copy of such plans and
    12  specifications and making the deposit required by this section shall  be
    13  furnished  with one copy of the plans and specifications.  Notwithstand-
    14  ing the foregoing, where payment is required it  shall  be  waived  upon
    15  request  by  minority-  and  women-owned  business enterprises certified
    16  pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law or  by  service-disa-
    17  bled  veteran-owned  business  enterprises certified pursuant to article
    18  seventeen-B of the executive law. Such payment may also be  waived  when
    19  such  plans and specifications are made available and obtained electron-
    20  ically or in any non-paper form from the  board,  division,  department,
    21  bureau, agency, officer or commission of the state.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00434-01-9