Bill Text: NY A05912 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to consolidated local highway assistance payments; increases the amount of the current cost threshold to $750,000 over which local highway and bridge construction work under the CHIPS program must be contracted through a competitive bid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in transportation [A05912 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05912-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5912

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 2, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ASHBY, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, GOODELL,
          HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO, NORRIS, BYRNE, SALKA, SMULLEN, TAGUE,
          WALCZYK  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the highway law and the transportation law, in  relation
          to consolidated local highway assistance payments

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 10-c of the high-
     2  way law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws  of
     3  2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (e)  Funds  allocated  for local street or highway projects under this
     5  subdivision shall be used to undertake work on a project either with the
     6  municipality's own forces or by contract, provided however, that whenev-
     7  er the estimate for the construction contract work exceeds  one  hundred
     8  thousand  dollars  but does not exceed [three] seven hundred fifty thou-
     9  sand dollars such work must be performed either with the  municipality's
    10  own  forces or by contract let by competitive bid in accordance with the
    11  provisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law and
    12  provided  further,  however,  that  whenever  the   estimate   for   the
    13  construction  contract work exceeds [three] seven hundred fifty thousand
    14  dollars such work must be performed by contract let by  competitive  bid
    15  in  accordance  with  the provisions of section one hundred three of the
    16  general municipal law.
    17    § 2. Subdivision 6 of  section  234  of  the  transportation  law,  as
    18  amended  by  section  2  of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
    19  amended to read as follows:
    20    6. for local street or highway projects, to undertake the work of  the
    21  project either with its own forces or by contract, however, whenever the
    22  estimate  for  the  construction  contract  work  exceeds  [three] seven
    23  hundred fifty thousand dollars such work must be performed  by  contract
    24  let by the competitive bid process.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08031-02-1