Bill Text: NY A06443 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to procurements by the New York city transit authority and the metropolitan transportation authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-28 - signed chap.98 [A06443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06443-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6443
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN -- (at request of the Metropolitan Trans-
         portation  Authority)  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
         Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  procurements
         by  the New York city transit authority and the metropolitan transpor-
         tation authority
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of section 1209 of the public authorities
    2  law, as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 2008, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    6.  The  provisions  of  subdivisions one, two, three and four of this
    5  section shall not be applicable to  any  procurement  by  the  authority
    6  commenced  during the period from the effective date of this subdivision
    7  until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one or  during  the
    8  period from December sixteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-three until June
    9  thirtieth, two thousand [eleven] FIFTEEN; and the provisions of subdivi-
   10  sions  seven,  eight,  nine,  ten,  eleven,  twelve and thirteen of this
   11  section shall only apply to  procurements  by  the  authority  commenced
   12  during such periods. The provisions of such subdivisions one, two, three
   13  and  four  shall apply to procurements by the authority commenced during
   14  the period from December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one until
   15  December sixteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-three, and  to  procurements
   16  by  the authority commenced on and after July first, two thousand [elev-
   17  en] FIFTEEN. Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  provisions  of  such
   18  subdivisions  one,  two,  three and four shall apply to (i) the award of
   19  any contract of the authority if the bid documents for such contract  so
   20  provide  and  such  bid  documents  are  issued within sixty days of the
   21  effective date of this subdivision or  within  sixty  days  of  December
   22  sixteenth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three, or (ii) for a period of one
   23  hundred eighty days after the effective date of this subdivision, or for
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6443                             2
    1  a period of one hundred eighty days after December  sixteenth,  nineteen
    2  hundred  ninety-three, the award of any contract for which an invitation
    3  to bid, solicitation, request for proposal, or any similar document  has
    4  been  issued by the authority prior to the effective date of this subdi-
    5  vision or during the period from January first, nineteen  hundred  nine-
    6  ty-two until December fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-three.
    7    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1265-a of the public authorities law, as
    8  amended  by  chapter  135  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
    9  follows:
   10    1. The provisions of this section shall only apply to procurements  by
   11  the  authority  commenced  during  the period from April first, nineteen
   12  hundred eighty-seven until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
   13  ty-one, and during the period from December sixteenth, nineteen  hundred
   14  ninety-three  until  June  thirtieth,  two  thousand  [eleven]  FIFTEEN;
   15  provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall  not  apply
   16  to  (i)  the award of any contract of the authority if the bid documents
   17  for such contract so provide and such bid documents  are  issued  within
   18  sixty days of the effective date of this section or within sixty days of
   19  December  sixteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-three, or (ii) for a period
   20  of one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this  section  or
   21  for  a period of one hundred eighty days after December sixteenth, nine-
   22  teen hundred ninety-three, the award of any contract for which an  invi-
   23  tation  to bid, solicitation, request for proposal, or any similar docu-
   24  ment has been issued by the authority prior to  the  effective  date  of
   25  this  section  or during the period from January first, nineteen hundred
   26  ninety-two until December sixteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-three.
   27    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.