BILL NUMBER: S2309
SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
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
 
PURPOSE:
This bill would requires state agencies and authorities that issue RFPs
in excess of $10 Million Dollars to notify the elected officials who
represent the affected zip codes.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would requires state agencies and authorities that issue RFPs
in excess of $10 Million Dollars to notify the elected officials who
represent the affected zip codes. A-Print further defines term the term
"elected official" shall mean any person holding public office in the
state's executive body, the state legislature, or in a local municipal
legislative body, including but not limited to, elected county, city,
town, or village officials.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Community participation in large developments is critical not only for
economic success but for the holistic empowerment of the neighborhood
wherein the project lies. While many notification requirements exist in
law, such as newspaper advertisements, no actual notification of elected
officials who represents the areas of a subject RFP is required by law-
this is a gross and unwise oversight, particularly in this day and age
when notification can be delivered instantaneously by virtual means.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: S792 Comrie
2021-2022: S2939A- This bill advanced from procurement and contracts in
2021 to remain on the calendar for the duration of 2021. The following
year, the bill remained in procurement and contracts
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S2309: 139-k state finance law