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
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2015
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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.
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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.
