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History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 50–12
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.99
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 49–11
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- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.127
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Relates to contracts by the New York city school construction authority
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to contracts by the New York city school construction authority
Purpose
To prohibit a bid to the New York City School Construction Authority from being rejected or declared invalid solely for harmless, technical, or ministerial defects where the intent is clearly discernible and the mistake is clearly unintentional.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 1734 of the Public Authorities Law to prohibit a bid made to the New York City School Construction Authority ("Authority") from being rejected or deemed invalid, impaired or in any manner defective solely due to harmless, technical, or ministerial defects, where the intent is clearly discernible and the defects are clearly unintentional. Additionally, this amendment provides that this new rule shall not be deemed to (1) relieve any bidder from any criminal or civil liability associated with his or her actions, enlarge the actual authority of any officer of the Authority, or, except as stated here, limit any other statute or law.
Section 2 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
Currently, subdivision 2 of section 1734 of the Public Authorities Law provides for the manner in which all bids shall be accepted or rejected However, it does not currently address situations where a bid has a mistake that is clearly unintentional or is otherwise defective for a harmless, technical or ministerial reason.
Justification
The New York City School Construction Authority has the power to accept or reject bids for various reasons, but lacks the ability to overlook harmless defects in a bid. For example, where the written description of a number varies slightly from the number itself, under the current law, this bid would have to be thrown out because it is defective even though the defect is minor. This bill remedies this issue under the current law. It does not change or alter any other grounds for accepting or rejecting a bid or bidder.
Legislative history
2014: S.2096- Passed the Senate 2013: S.2096- Passed the Senate 2012: S.1989- Passed the Senate 2011: S.1989- Passed the Senate 2010: S.2120- Referred to Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions 2009: S.2120- Referred to Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions 2008: S.6948- Passed the Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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