Bill Text: NY S01543 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to hold a public hearing prior to awarding a non-emergency sole source contract without competitive bidding thereon; provides requirements for notice of such hearing; provides that the public shall be heard with respect to such contract; requires the awarding resolution to state reasons therefor; makes an exception for contracts for personal or professional services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01543 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01543-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1543
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PERKINS, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
         metropolitan transportation authority to hold a public  hearing  prior
         to the awarding of a sole source contract
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 1265-c to read as follows:
    3    S  1265-C.  SOLE  SOURCE  CONTRACTS.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT
    4  PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY  INVOLVING
    5  DANGER  TO LIFE OR PROPERTY, THE AUTHORITY SHALL NOT AWARD A SOLE SOURCE
    6  CONTRACT WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING THEREON UNTIL IT SHALL HAVE HELD  A
    7  PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AWARD OF SUCH CONTRACT PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SUCH
    8  AWARD.  NOTICE  OF  SUCH HEARING SHALL BE PUBLISHED PRIOR THERETO ONCE A
    9  WEEK FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS IN TWO OF THE DAILY  NEWSPAPERS  PUBLISHED
   10  IN  THE CITY AND IN THE CITY RECORDS. PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE HEARD WITH
   11  RESPECT TO SUCH PROPOSED  AWARD  OF  CONTRACT.  ANY  RESOLUTION  OF  THE
   12  AUTHORITY  AWARDING  SUCH  A  SOLE  SOURCE  CONTRACT WITHOUT COMPETITIVE
   13  BIDDING SHALL BE ADOPTED ONLY AFTER SUCH HEARING  AND  SHALL  STATE  THE
   14  REASONS  THEREFOR.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
   15  CONTRACTS FOR PERSONAL, ARCHITECTURAL,  ENGINEERING,  OR  OTHER  PROFES-
   16  SIONAL SERVICES.
   17    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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