Requires state agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification to elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of ten million dollars.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2309
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification to
elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of
ten million dollars
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 139-k of the state finance law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "state agency" shall
4 mean the office of general services, empire state development, and any
5 other agency or instrumentality of the state authorized to issue
6 requests for proposals.
7 b. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "elected official" shall
8 mean any person holding public office in the state's executive body, the
9 state legislature, or in a local municipal legislative body, including
10 but not limited to, elected county, city, town, or village officials.
11 c. Any state agency that issues a request for proposals for a project
12 for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of
13 facilities with a total project cost of ten million dollars or more
14 shall provide notification to elected officials of the issuance of such
15 request for proposals as provided in this subdivision. Such notification
16 shall be made to every elected official whose jurisdiction includes, in
17 whole or in part, any territory located within the geographic area of
18 the zip code or codes in which such project is located. Such notifica-
19 tion shall be made by such state agency to such elected officials by
20 email and regular mail and shall be made at least thirty days before
21 such request for proposals is issued.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
23 the amendments made to section 139-k of the state finance law by section
24 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
25 deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04918-01-5
