2006 New York Code - Construction Plans; Custody; Approval; And Procedure Notwithstanding Local Requirements.

 
    § 6. Construction    plans;    custody;    approval;   and   procedure
  notwithstanding local requirements.   The  office  of  general  services
  shall  have  the custody of all plans, specifications, books and records
  of such office which pertain  to  architecture.    The  commissioner  of
  general  services  shall prepare the drawings and specifications for and
  supervise the construction of all new buildings erected at  the  expense
  of  the  state,  except as otherwise provided by law; shall also prepare
  the drawings and specifications for reconstruction and for all additions
  to existing buildings, and for the alteration  or  improvement  thereof,
  and  shall  see  that  the materials furnished and the work performed in
  constructing, reconstructing, altering or improving  any  such  building
  are  in  accordance  with such drawings and specifications, and that the
  interests of the state are fully protected.
    Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law,  the  commissioner
  of  general  services  may by rules delegate to the agency or department
  having custody of  any  public  building  full  responsibility  for  the
  preparation  of  plans  and specifications and the supervision of minor,
  routine  or  uncomplicated  construction,  reconstruction,   alteration,
  improvement  or repair of any such building, providing the value of such
  work shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
    All the provisions of this chapter  that  relate  to  state  buildings
  shall,  insofar  as may be practicable, also apply to the improvement of
  grounds owned by the state.
    No municipality of the state shall have  power  to  modify  or  change
  plans  or specifications for the erection, reconstruction, alteration or
  improvement of state buildings, or the construction, plumbing,  heating,
  lighting  or  other  mechanical branch of work necessary to complete the
  work in question, nor to require that any person,  firm  or  corporation
  employed  on  any  such  work  shall  perform  said work in any other or
  different manner than that provided by said contract and specifications,
  nor to obtain any other or additional  authority  or  permit  from  such
  municipality,  department  or  person as a condition of doing such work,
  nor shall any condition whatever be imposed by any such municipality  in
  relation  to  the  work  under  the  supervision  of the commissioner of
  general services, but such work shall be under the sole control of  such
  commissioner  in accordance with the drawings, plans, specifications and
  contracts in relation thereto; and the doing of any such  work  for  the
  state by any person, firm or corporation in accordance with the terms of
  such  contract,  plans  or specifications shall not subject said person,
  firm or corporation to any liability  or  penalty,  civil  or  criminal,
  other  than  as  may  be  stated  in such contract and specifications or
  incidental to the proper  enforcement  thereof.    The  commissioner  of
  general services shall prepare necessary contracts, to be approved as to
  form  and  execution by the attorney-general, which shall be used in all
  work let by contract and no payment shall be made on any  such  contract
  except upon official certificate of such commissioner after audit by the
  comptroller.