Bill Text: NY S02939 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires state agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification to elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of ten million dollars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS [S02939 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02939-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2939--A
            Cal. No. 302

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE, KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Procurement  and
          Contracts  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
          and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
          agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification  to
          elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of
          ten million dollars

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

     1    Section 1. Section 139-k of the state finance law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "state agency"  shall
     4  mean  the  office of general services, empire state development, and any
     5  other agency  or  instrumentality  of  the  state  authorized  to  issue
     6  requests for proposals.
     7    b. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "elected official" shall
     8  mean any person holding public office in the state's executive body, the
     9  state  legislature,  or in a local municipal legislative body, including
    10  but not limited to, elected county, city, town, or village officials.
    11    c. Any state agency that issues a request for proposals for a  project
    12  for  the  construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of
    13  facilities with a total project cost of  ten  million  dollars  or  more
    14  shall  provide notification to elected officials of the issuance of such
    15  request for proposals as provided in this subdivision. Such notification
    16  shall be made to every elected official whose jurisdiction includes,  in
    17  whole  or  in  part, any territory located within the geographic area of
    18  the zip code or codes in which such project is located.  Such  notifica-
    19  tion  shall  be  made  by such state agency to such elected officials by

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07587-02-1
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     1  email and regular mail and shall be made at  least  thirty  days  before
     2  such request for proposals is issued.
     3    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     4  the amendments made to section 139-k of the state finance law by section
     5  one of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of  such  section  and
     6  shall be deemed to expire therewith.