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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the state  finance  law,  the
  public  housing  law, the education law and chapter 892 of the laws of
  1971 amending the public authorities law and other  laws  relating  to
  enabling the dormitory authority to construct and finance dormitories,
  buildings  and  health  facilities, in relation to separate specifica-
  tions for public works contracts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 101 of
the general municipal law, as amended by section 1 of part MM of chapter
57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Except as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of  the
labor  law, every officer, board or agency of a political subdivision or
of any district therein, charged with the duty of  preparing  specifica-
tions   or  awarding  or  entering  into  contracts  for  the  erection,
construction, reconstruction or alteration of buildings, when the entire
cost of such public work shall exceed three million dollars in the coun-
ties of the Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and  Richmond;  one  million
five  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  the  counties of Nassau, ROCKLAND,
Suffolk and Westchester; and five hundred thousand dollars in all  other
counties within the state, shall prepare separate specifications for the
following three subdivisions of the work to be performed:
  S  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 7 of
section 120-w of the general municipal law, as amended by section  2  of
part  MM  of  chapter  57  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  Except as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of  the
labor  law,  when  the  entire  cost of constructing such building shall
exceed three million dollars in the counties of the  Bronx,  Kings,  New

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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York, Queens, and Richmond; one million five hundred thousand dollars in
the  counties  of  Nassau,  ROCKLAND,  Suffolk and Westchester; and five
hundred thousand dollars in all other counties  within  the  state,  the
project  developer shall prepare separate specifications for the follow-
ing subdivisions of such work, so as to permit separate and  independent
bidding upon each subdivision:
  S 3. The opening paragraph of section 135 of the state finance law, as
amended  by  section  3 of part MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
  Except as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of  the
labor  law, every officer, board, department, commission or commissions,
charged with the duty of preparing specifications or awarding or  enter-
ing  into  contracts  for  the  erection,  construction or alteration of
buildings, for the state, when the entire cost of such work shall exceed
three million dollars in the counties of the  Bronx,  Kings,  New  York,
Queens,  and  Richmond; one million five hundred thousand dollars in the
counties of Nassau, ROCKLAND, Suffolk and Westchester; and five  hundred
thousand  dollars  in  all  other  counties  within the state, must have
prepared separate specifications for each of the following three  subdi-
visions of the work to be performed:
  S  4.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 151-a of the
public housing law, as amended by section 4 of part MM of chapter 57  of
the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this chapter or any
other general, special or local law, except  as  otherwise  provided  in
section  two hundred twenty-two of the labor law, any authority or muni-
cipality, or any officer, board, department, commission or other  agency
thereof charged with the duty of preparing specifications or awarding or
entering  into  contracts  involving  the erection, construction, recon-
struction or alteration of any building or other appurtenance as a  part
of  or  in  connection with a project or any part thereof in any part of
the state under or pursuant to the authority of this chapter,  when  the
entire cost of such work shall exceed three million dollars in the coun-
ties  of  the  Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million
five hundred thousand dollars  in  the  counties  of  Nassau,  ROCKLAND,
Suffolk  and Westchester; and five hundred thousand dollars in all other
counties within the state, must have  prepared  separate  specifications
for the following three subdivisions of the work to be performed:
  S  5.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 2 of section 458 of the
education law, as amended by section 5 of part MM of chapter 57  of  the
laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Except  as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of the
labor law, every contract, lease or other agreement entered into  by  or
on  behalf  of the fund for the acquisition, lease, construction, recon-
struction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school  portion  of  the
work in any combined occupancy structure shall contain a provision that,
when  the  entire  cost  of  any  such contemplated construction, recon-
struction, rehabilitation or improvement for the school portion  of  the
work  shall  exceed  three million dollars in the counties of the Bronx,
Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million five hundred thousand
dollars in the counties of Nassau, ROCKLAND,  Suffolk  and  Westchester;
and  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  all other counties within the
state, separate specifications shall be prepared for the following three
subdivisions of the work on the school portion to be performed:

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  S 6. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2  of  section  482  of  the
education  law,  as amended by section 6 of part MM of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Except  as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of the
labor law, every contract, lease or other agreement entered into  by  or
on  behalf  of the fund for the acquisition, lease, construction, recon-
struction, rehabilitation  or  improvement  of  any  combined  occupancy
structure  shall  contain  a provision that, when the entire cost of any
such  contemplated  construction,  reconstruction,   rehabilitation   or
improvement  shall  exceed  three million dollars in the counties of the
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million  five  hundred
thousand  dollars in the counties of Nassau, ROCKLAND, Suffolk and West-
chester; and five hundred thousand dollars in all other counties  within
the  state,  separate specifications shall be prepared for the following
three subdivisions of the work to be performed:
  S 7. The opening paragraph of section 9 of chapter 892 of the laws  of
1971  amending  the  public  authorities  law and other laws relating to
enabling the dormitory authority to construct and  finance  dormitories,
buildings  and health facilities, as amended by section 14 of part MM of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Except as otherwise provided in section 222  of  the  labor  law,  the
dormitory  authority  in  awarding  or  entering  into contracts for the
erection,  construction,  reconstruction  or  alteration  of  buildings,
pursuant  to  the  provisions added by this act, when the entire cost of
such work shall exceed three million dollars  in  the  counties  of  the
Bronx,  Kings,  New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million five hundred
thousand dollars in the counties of Nassau, ROCKLAND, Suffolk and  West-
chester;  and five hundred thousand dollars in all other counties within
the state, shall prepare separate specifications for the following three
subdivisions of the work to be performed:
  S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.