Amends a chapter establishing a construction industry advisory council on public contracting reform, in relation to requiring a report to be submitted 365 days after the first meeting of the council and to the effectiveness thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6787
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 10, 2023
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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 chapter 782 of the laws of 2021 establishing a
construction industry advisory council on public contracting reform,
in relation to the timing of a report and the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Sections 9 and 11 of chapter 782 of the laws of 2021 estab-
2 lishing a construction industry advisory council on public contracting
3 reform, as amended by chapter 98 of the laws of 2022, are amended to
4 read as follows:
5 § 9. No later than 365 days after the [effective date of this act]
6 first public meeting of the advisory council, the advisory council
7 shall, by a majority, issue a report of its findings, including any
8 recommendations for legislative, executive or regulatory action as it
9 may deem necessary and appropriate, and suggest best practices for a
10 fair and efficient public works contracting process by addressing the
11 subject matters specified in section eight of this act. The report shall
12 also include a summary of the positions advanced by the members of the
13 advisory council regarding these subject matters. The advisory council
14 shall terminate 60 days after the date on which it submits its report as
15 required by this section.
16 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
17 deemed repealed [two] four years after such effective date.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10221-01-3