Bill Text: NY A06117 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a study to be performed by the authority budget office on the economic benefits provided by authorities; requires that financing provided by authorities and contractors receiving that financing be subject to certain standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A06117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06117-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6117
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  requiring  a
         study  by  the authorities budget office on economic benefits provided
         by authorities; requiring that financing provided  by  authorities  be
         subject to certain standards; and requiring that contractors receiving
         economic benefits from a public authority be subject to certain stand-
         ards
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "public
    2  authority financing and contractor accountability act of 2011".
    3    S 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new article 1-B
    4  to read as follows:
    5                                 ARTICLE 1-B
    6                       PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND
    7                        CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
    8  SECTION 52. PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY.
    9    S 52. PUBLIC AUTHORITY FINANCING AND CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY. 1. THE
   10  AUTHORITY  BUDGET  OFFICE, AS CREATED BY CHAPTER SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
   11  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE, SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY
   12  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR  OF  THE
   13  STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS IN THE
   14  SENATE AND THE CHAIR OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS, AUTHORI-
   15  TIES AND COMMISSIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY, ANALYZING THE  AMOUNT  OF  FUNDING
   16  AND  ECONOMIC  BENEFIT  PROVIDED  BY  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC BENEFIT
   17  CORPORATIONS, INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT  AGENCIES,  OR  LOCAL  DEVELOPMENT
   18  CORPORATIONS.  SUCH  ANALYSIS  SHALL  INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGE OF BENEFITS
   19  PROVIDED FOR PROJECTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED  TWENTY  OF  THE
   20  LABOR  LAW.  IF  TEN  PERCENT  OR  MORE  OF  THE PUBLIC WORK PROJECT WAS
   21  FINANCED BY AN AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL  DEVEL-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09604-01-1
       A. 6117                             2
    1  OPMENT  AGENCY, OR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE AUTHORITY BUDGET OFFICE
    2  SHALL ANALYZE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS COMPLETING  THE  PROJECTS  WERE
    3  PAID  THE  PREVAILING  WAGE.  THE  REPORT  SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON THE ONE
    4  HUNDRED EIGHTIETH DAY AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
    5    2. ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION THAT FINANCES OR
    6  PROVIDES  TEN PERCENT OR MORE OF THE FINANCING TO A CONTRACTOR OR ENTITY
    7  NEEDED TO COMPLETE A CONTRACT OF A PROJECT AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO
    8  HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW IS REQUIRED TO ENFORCE THAT SUCH PROJECT
    9  BE SUBJECT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW AS A REQUISITE
   10  OF SUCH FINANCING.
   11    3.  AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, CONTRACTORS MUST SUBMIT A REPORT
   12  TO THE AWARDING AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR ENTITY STATING THAT THE CONTRACT
   13  WAS FULLY EXECUTED, THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS AND WAGES PAID  TO  EMPLOYEES
   14  OR WORKERS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT OR CONTRACT, AND ANY OTHER RELE-
   15  VANT  INFORMATION  DETERMINED  BY  THE  AWARDING AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR
   16  ENTITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION  "CONTRACTOR"  SHALL  MEAN  AN
   17  INDIVIDUAL,  A  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE, INCLUDING A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, A
   18  PARTNERSHIP, A CORPORATION, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, OR  ANY  OTHER
   19  PARTY  TO A STATE CONTRACT, OR A BIDDER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AWARD OF
   20  A STATE CONTRACT, OR A PROPOSED PARTY TO A STATE CONTRACT.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have become a law.