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History
- Substituted by A8063
- 1st report cal.405
- Referred to finance
- Referred to finance
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Provides a waiver for minority and women-owned businesses upon request, and for plans and specifications on contracts available electronically or in non-paper format
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor George Latimer
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Title of bill
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public works
Purpose
This legislation makes permissive the requirement for deposits that State agencies currently must charge for bidders to obtain copies of plans and specifications for public works projects.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends State Finance Law (SFL) § 143 to require deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public works for minority and women-owned business enterprises on request, and permit such waiver where plans and specifications are made available in non-paper form.
Section 2 of the bill provides for an immediate effective date.
Existing law
SFL § 143 requires a deposit to be made by bidders with the contracting agency for purposes of obtaining plans and specifications for public works projects and for return of this material and the deposit.
Legislative history
These amendments were introduced in 2005 in the Senate (S.4205) and in 2007 in the Assembly and the Senate (A.8523/S.4002-A) but did not advance out of committee.
Statement in support
In preparation for bidding a construction project, over a hundred copies of drawings and specifications are prepared for distribution on a per-contract basis and inventoried for distribution. Prospective bidders and suppliers then must purchase the bid documents directly from the State agency pursuant to statute. Since drawings and specifications are now produced electronically, printing and shipping large drawings and books of specifications is more costly than communicating this information for distribution electronically.
This bill will enable State agencies to waive the requirement of a deposit for bid documents where such documents are produced and available electronically or for certified minority and women owned business enterprises pursuant to Executive Law Article 15-A.
Budget implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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