Bill Text: NY S05555 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public works.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-20 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S05555 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05555-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5555
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 20, 2013
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       Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Office of General
         Services)  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Infrastructure and Capital Investment
       AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to deposits on  plans
         and specifications for contracts for public works
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 143 of the state finance  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  43  of  the  laws  of  1969, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  any  general  or
    5  special law, the board, division, department, bureau, agency, officer or
    6  commission  of  the  state  charged with the duty of preparing plans and
    7  specifications for and awarding  or  entering  into  contracts  for  the
    8  performance  of  public  work [shall] MAY require the payment of a fixed
    9  sum of money, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each copy  of  such
   10  plans  and  specifications,  by  persons or corporations desiring a copy
   11  thereof. Any person or corporation desiring a copy  of  such  plans  and
   12  specifications  and making the deposit required by this section shall be
   13  furnished with one copy of the plans and specifications.   NOTWITHSTAND-
   14  ING THE ABOVE, WHERE PAYMENT IS REQUIRED IT SHALL BE WAIVED UPON REQUEST
   15  BY  MINORITY  AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO
   16  ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH PAYMENT MAY ALSO BE  WAIVED
   17  WHEN  THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND OBTAINED ELEC-
   18  TRONICALLY OR IN ANY NON-PAPER FORM FROM THE  BOARD,  DIVISION,  DEPART-
   19  MENT, BUREAU, AGENCY, OFFICER OR COMMISSION OF THE STATE.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09094-01-3