Bill Text: NY A08403 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires state contractors and municipalities and public authorities receiving state funds to have and disclose their policies on preventing human trafficking within their supply chains.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A08403 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08403-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8403
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    October 2, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
         contractors and municipalities and public authorities receiving  state
         funds to disclose their policies on preventing human trafficking with-
         in their supply chains
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  148 to read as follows:
    3    S  148.  DISCLOSURE  OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY BY STATE CONTRACTORS.
    4  ALL CONTRACT SOLICITATIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INVITATIONS FOR
    5  BIDS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR
    6  QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ANY  OFFEROR  SEEKING
    7  STATE  CONTRACTS SHALL HAVE IN PLACE A POLICY FOR PREVENTING HUMAN TRAF-
    8  FICKING WITHIN ITS SUPPLY CHAIN AND SHALL DISCLOSE  SUCH  POLICY  BEFORE
    9  ANY SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED.
   10    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 53-e to
   11  read as follows:
   12    S 53-E. DISCLOSURE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY BY  MUNICIPALITIES  AND
   13  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.  ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES RECEIVING
   14  APPROPRIATIONS OR ALLOCATIONS OF STATE FUNDS SHALL HAVE IN PLACE A POLI-
   15  CY FOR PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHIN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS AND SHALL
   16  DISCLOSE  TO  THE STATE ENTITY PROVIDING SUCH FUNDING SUCH POLICY BEFORE
   17  ANY SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11822-02-5