Senate Bill S5924A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to opportunities for minority and women owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5924 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8044
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L; add §314-a, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4108, A281
2019-2020: S1584, A10289

2015-S5924 - Summary

Relates to opportunities for minority- and women-owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises.

2015-S5924 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5924 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5924

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 12, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the state  finance  law,  and
  the  New  York city charter, in relation to opportunities for minority
  and women-owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 2 of the laws of 2012, is amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided by an act of the legis-
lature or by a local law adopted  prior  to  September  first,  nineteen
hundred fifty-three, all contracts for public work involving an expendi-
ture  of  more  than  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  and  all  purchase
contracts involving an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars,
shall be awarded by the appropriate officer, board or agency of a  poli-
tical  subdivision  or of any district therein including but not limited
to a  soil  conservation  district  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder
furnishing  the required security after advertisement for sealed bids in
the manner provided by this section, provided,  however,  that  purchase
contracts  (including  contracts  for  service  work,  but excluding any
purchase contracts necessary  for  the  completion  of  a  public  works
contract  pursuant  to article eight of the labor law) may be awarded on
the basis of best value, as defined in section one  hundred  sixty-three
of  the  state  finance  law,  to a responsive and responsible bidder or
offerer in the manner provided by this section except that  in  a  poli-
tical  subdivision  other  than  a city with a population of one million
inhabitants or more or any district, board or agency  with  jurisdiction
exclusively  therein  the  use  of  best  value  for awarding a purchase
contract or purchase contracts must be authorized by local  law  or,  in
the  case of a district corporation, school district or board of cooper-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11529-01-5
              

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2015-S5924A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8044
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L; add §314-a, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4108, A281
2019-2020: S1584, A10289

2015-S5924A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to opportunities for minority- and women-owned business enterprises and emerging business enterprises.

2015-S5924A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5924--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, and the New York city char-
  ter, in relation to opportunities for minority and  women-owned  busi-
  ness enterprises and emerging business enterprises

  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  103  of
the  general  municipal law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 2 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  Except as otherwise expressly provided by an act of the legislature or
by a local law  adopted  prior  to  September  first,  nineteen  hundred
fifty-three,  all  contracts for public work involving an expenditure of
more than  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  and  all  purchase  contracts
involving  an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars, shall be
awarded by the appropriate officer,  board  or  agency  of  a  political
subdivision  or  of  any district therein including but not limited to a
soil conservation district to the lowest responsible  bidder  furnishing
the  required security after advertisement for sealed bids in the manner
provided by this section, provided,  however,  that  purchase  contracts
(including  contracts  for  service  work,  but  excluding  any purchase
contracts necessary for the completion of a public works contract pursu-
ant to article eight of the labor law) may be awarded on  the  basis  of
best  value,  as defined in section one hundred sixty-three of the state
finance law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION
INHABITANTS  OR  MORE MAY ALSO IDENTIFY A QUANTITATIVE FACTOR TO BE USED
IN EVALUATION OF BIDS OR OFFERS FOR AWARDING CONTRACTS  FOR  BIDDERS  OR
OFFERERS  THAT  ARE MINORITY- OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTI-
FIED PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW, to a responsive and  responsible  bidder  or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11529-05-5
              

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