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- Substituted by A4343
- Ordered to third reading cal.850
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Limits the use of subcontracting by public authorities or other entities when it would duplicate services of certain employees of the authority
Vetoed · Sponsor Richard Brodsky
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to subcontracting by public authorities
Purpose or general idea
This bill limit the ability of public authorities to contract out for services that are or can be performed by employees of the public authority, unless: it is more effective, it is impractical not to, there is a need of specialized skills, there exists a conflict of interests, it would hinder affirmative action goals, or there are compliance problems with state, local, or federal laws.
Public Authorities Law entitled "Subcontracting" to accomplish the above purpose.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would add a new Title 4-A to the Public Authorities Law entitled "Subcontracting" to accomplish the above purpose.
Justification
Certain public authorities have contracted out services which are presently performed by bargaining unit members. The purpose for such contracting out has been to reduce the numbers of people on a utility's payroll. The contracting out in no way reduces the services that the authority is providing.
There should be a review of large scale contracting out by authorities to see what the real impact of such contracting out would be. It should not be the case that the way that authorities can become more efficient is to reduce the numbers of bargaining unit employees. There are a variety of ways that the authority can work safer and more efficiently in order to reduce costs. Simply requiring authorities to do this by reducing their payroll is poor public policy and should be stopped.
Prior legislative history
A.10924 (2003-04) A.2106 (2005-06) A.1371 (2007-08)
Fiscal implication for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
April first next succeeding enactment.
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