What's happening
This bill raises the threshold for local highway contract work requiring competitive bidding from $300,000 to $750,000.
Why it matters
Could make it easier and faster for local governments to approve and start mid-sized highway and street projects. by reducing the number of projects that require a formal, often time-consuming, competitive bidding process.
May allow localities to work with familiar contractors or use their own workforce on more projects. , potentially speeding up repairs and improvements but possibly reducing outside oversight or competition.
Raises concerns about transparency and cost control. , since contracts for work up to $750,000 could be awarded without competitive bids, which might increase the risk of favoritism or less favorable pricing for taxpayers.
Reflects inflation and increased construction costs. , as the previous $300,000 threshold may no longer align with the typical expense of many local highway projects, ensuring that regulations keep pace with economic realities.
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Raise Local Project Bid Limits
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
467
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to consolidated local highway assistance payments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 10-c of the highway law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
(e) Funds allocated for local street or highway projects under this subdivision shall be used to undertake work on a project either with the municipality's own forces or by contract, provided however, that whenever the estimate for the construction contract work exceeds one hundred thousand dollars but does not exceed [three] seven hundred fifty thousand dollars such work must be performed either with the municipality's own forces or by contract let by competitive bid in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law and provided further, however, that whenever the estimate for the construction contract work exceeds [three] seven hundred fifty thousand dollars such work must be performed by contract let by competitive bid in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01284-01-5
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