Bill Text: NY S09092 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-16 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09092 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S09092-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9092

                    IN SENATE

                                    November 16, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
     2  136-d to read as follows:
     3    § 136-d. Requests for proposals; notification  of  elected  officials.
     4  1.  For purposes of this section, the term "state agency" shall mean the
     5  office of general services, empire  state  development,  and  any  other
     6  agency  or instrumentality of the state authorized to issue requests for
     7  proposals.
     8    2. Any state agency that issues a request for proposals for a  project
     9  for  the  construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of
    10  facilities with a total project cost of  ten  million  dollars  or  more
    11  shall  provide notification to elected officials of the issuance of such
    12  request for proposals as provided in this subdivision. Such notification
    13  shall be made to every elected official whose jurisdiction includes,  in
    14  whole  or  in  part, any territory located within the geographic area of
    15  the zip code or codes in which such project is located.  Such  notifica-
    16  tion  shall  be  made  by such state agency to such elected officials by
    17  email and regular mail and shall be made at  least  thirty  days  before
    18  such request for proposals is issued.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17576-01-0