Bill Text: NY A00143 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Rochester to require a local labor force component in awarding public contracts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A00143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00143-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          143
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  giving  the
         city  of  Rochester  power to require a local labor force component in
         awarding public contracts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  103  of  the general municipal law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR  ANY  OTHER
    4  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE  CITY  OF ROCHESTER MAY REQUIRE THAT FOR PUBLIC
    5  WORKS CONTRACTS OF MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT  MORE  THAN
    6  ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE PERSONS WORKING
    7  ON  THE  CONTRACT  BE CITY RESIDENTS; THAT FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS OF
    8  MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT  MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED
    9  FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE PERSONS WORKING
   10  ON THE CONTRACT BE CITY RESIDENTS; THAT FOR PUBLIC  WORKS  CONTRACTS  OF
   11  MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN ONE
   12  MILLION DOLLARS AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PERSONS  WORKING  ON  THE
   13  CONTRACT  BE CITY RESIDENTS; AND THAT FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS OF MORE
   14  THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  PERSONS
   15  WORKING  ON THE CONTRACT BE CITY RESIDENTS. WHEN MAKING THE CALCULATIONS
   16  TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF CITY RESIDENTS REQUIRED TO BE  WORKING  ON  A
   17  CONTRACT  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  ALL FRACTIONS SHALL BE
   18  ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER, WITH THE  MINIMUM  REQUIREMENT  FOR
   19  ANY  SUCH  CONTRACT  BEING ONE CITY RESIDENT. A CITY RESIDENT SHALL BE A
   20  PERSON WHOSE PERMANENT RESIDENCE IS IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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