NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5215

Senate Bill S5215

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires specification of the average weekly paid wage to employees in contractors' annual employment reports

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Jan 06, 2016	referred to finance
May 07, 2015	referred to finance

2015-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5935
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7201, A9716
2017-2018: A6118
2019-2020: A2478
2021-2022: A5992

2015-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires specification of the average weekly paid wage to employees in contractors' annual employment reports, and requires such reports to be made available in a searchable public database on the public website of the state procurement council.

2015-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5215

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend  the  state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  purchasing
  services and commodities

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

  Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section 163  of  the  state
finance  law,  as added by chapter 10 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
read as follows:
  g. All state agencies shall require all  contractors,  including  sub-
contractors,  that  provide  services  for  state purposes pursuant to a
contract, to submit an annual employment report for  each  contract  for
services  that includes for each employment category within the contract
the number of employees employed to provide services under the contract,
the number of hours they work [and], their total compensation under  the
contract  AND  THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PAID TO EMPLOYEES IN EACH EMPLOY-
MENT CATEGORY.  Employment reports shall be submitted to the agency that
awarded the contract, the department of civil service and the department
of audit and control and shall be available for  public  inspection  and
copying  pursuant  to  section  eighty-seven  of the public officers law
provided that in disclosing such reports pursuant to the public officers
law, the agency making the disclosure shall redact the  name  or  social
security  number  of  any  individual  employee that is included in such
document.
  S 2.  Paragraphs c and f of subdivision 14 of section 163 of the state
finance law, as added by chapter 317 of the laws of 2014, are amended to
read as follows:
  c. The report required pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph a of
this subdivision shall include:
  (i) information required to be reported by the contractor annually  by
the  employment  category  within  the  contract,  including the planned

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08492-02-5

S. 5215                             2

number of employees to provide services under the contract, the  planned
number of hours to be worked under the contract, [and] the total compen-
sation  planned  under the contract, AND THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PAID TO
EMPLOYEES IN EACH EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY; and
  (ii)  information  required  to be reported by the contractor annually
pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision four  of  this  section,  specif-
ically,  the  actual  number of employees, by employment category within
the contract, employed to  provide  services  under  the  contract,  the
number of hours worked [and], TOTAL COMPENSATION UNDER THE CONTRACT, AND
THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE PAID TO EMPLOYEES IN EACH EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY.
  f.  All reports required under this subdivision shall be available for
public inspection and copying pursuant to section  eighty-seven  of  the
public officers law provided that in disclosing such reports pursuant to
the  public  officers law, the agency making the disclosure shall redact
the name or social security number of any individual  employee  that  is
included  in  such document.   ALL REPORTS REQUIRED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN A SEARCHABLE PUBLIC DATABASE ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE
OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT COUNCIL.
  S 3. Paragraph c of subdivision 15 of section 163 of the state finance
law, as added by chapter 317 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read  as
follows:
  c.  All reports required under this subdivision shall be available for
public inspection and copying pursuant to section  eighty-seven  of  the
public officers law provided that in disclosing such reports pursuant to
the  public  officers law, the agency making the disclosure shall redact
the name or social security number of any individual  employee  that  is
included  in  such document.   ALL REPORTS REQUIRED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL BE AVAILABLE IN A SEARCHABLE PUBLIC DATABASE ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE
OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT COUNCIL.
  S 4.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,  that
the  amendments to section 163 of the state finance law made by sections
one, two and three of this act shall  not  affect  the  repeal  of  such
section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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