Bill Text: NY A02900 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows state entities to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A02900 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02900-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2900 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing state entities to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 103-h to read as follows: 3 S 103-H. CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS; TARGETED COMMUNITIES. 1. FOR THE 4 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "TARGETED COMMUNITY" SHALL MEAN ANY CITY, 5 TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITHIN A COUNTY WHERE THE COMBINED AVERAGE OF THE UNEM- 6 PLOYMENT RATE AND THE POVERTY RATE OF SUCH COMMUNITY IS GREATER THAN THE 7 COMBINED COUNTYWIDE AVERAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY RATE BY TEN 8 PERCENT. 9 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, ANY STATE ENTITY MAY REQUIRE 10 THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR ALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSTRUCTION OR 11 PURCHASE CONTRACTS TO HIRE AND RETAIN PERSONS RESIDING IN CERTAIN 12 TARGETED COMMUNITIES HAVING THE HIGHEST RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT WITHIN 13 SUCH COUNTY. 14 3. THE STATE ENTITY MAY REQUIRE THAT: 15 A. AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE LABOR COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS 16 AWARDED BY THE STATE ENTITY BE SPENT TO HIRE PERSONS RESIDING IN THE 17 TARGETED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK 18 WILL BE COMPLETED; 19 B. AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE LABOR COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION 20 CONTRACTS BE SPENT TO HIRE PERSONS RESIDING IN THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES, 21 IF THE COMBINED AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY RATE FOR A TARGETED 22 COMMUNITY IS GREATER THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE COMBINED COUNTYWIDE 23 AVERAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE POVERTY RATE; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05704-01-5 A. 2900 2 1 C. AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF THE LABOR COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION 2 CONTRACTS COST BE SPENT TO HIRE PERSONS RESIDING IN THE TARGETED COMMU- 3 NITIES IF THE COMBINED AVERAGE COMMUNITY UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY RATE 4 IS GREATER THAN THIRTY PERCENT OF THE COMBINED COUNTYWIDE AVERAGE OF 5 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE POVERTY RATE. 6 4. THE COMBINED AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND POVERTY RATE SHALL BE 7 COMPUTED ANNUALLY BASED ON STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK STATE 8 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PERIOD 9 ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE 10 CONTRACT IS AWARDED. THE COMBINED AVERAGE SHALL BE THE SUM OF THE 11 PRECEDING YEAR END UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PLUS THE PRECEDING YEAR END POVERTY 12 RATE DIVIDED BY TWO. 13 5. THE COMBINED AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND POVERTY RATE SHALL BE 14 ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY BY RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY. 15 6. THE STATE ENTITY MAY REQUIRE THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER TO 16 ESTABLISH APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR WORKERS RESIDING 17 WITHIN THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES IN CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION TRADES. 18 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.