§ 103-a. Ground for cancellation of contract by municipal corporations\nand fire districts. A clause shall be inserted in all specifications or\ncontracts made or awarded by a municipal corporation or any public\ndepartment, agency or official thereof on or after the first day of\nJuly, nineteen hundred fifty-nine or by a fire district or any agency or\nofficial thereof on or after the first day of September, nineteen\nhundred sixty, for work or services performed or to be performed, or\ngoods sold or to be sold, to provide that upon the refusal of a person,\nwhen called before a grand jury, head of a state department, temporary\nstate commission or other state agency, the organized crime task force\nin the department of law, head of a city department, or other city\nagency, which is em
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§ 103-a. Ground for cancellation of contract by municipal corporations\nand fire districts. A clause shall be inserted in all specifications or\ncontracts made or awarded by a municipal corporation or any public\ndepartment, agency or official thereof on or after the first day of\nJuly, nineteen hundred fifty-nine or by a fire district or any agency or\nofficial thereof on or after the first day of September, nineteen\nhundred sixty, for work or services performed or to be performed, or\ngoods sold or to be sold, to provide that upon the refusal of a person,\nwhen called before a grand jury, head of a state department, temporary\nstate commission or other state agency, the organized crime task force\nin the department of law, head of a city department, or other city\nagency, which is empowered to compel the attendance of witnesses and\nexamine them under oath, to testify in an investigation concerning any\ntransaction or contract had with the state, any political subdivision\nthereof, a public authority or with any public department, agency or\nofficial of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of a\npublic authority, to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent\ncriminal prosecution or to answer any relevant question concerning such\ntransaction or contract,\n (a) such person, and any firm, partnership or corporation of which he\nis a member, partner, director or officer shall be disqualified from\nthereafter selling to or submitting bids to or receiving awards from or\nentering into any contracts with any municipal corporation or fire\ndistrict, or any public department, agency or official thereof, for\ngoods, work or services, for a period of five years after such refusal,\nand to provide also that\n (b) any and all contracts made with any municipal corporation or any\npublic department, agency or official thereof on or after the first day\nof July, nineteen hundred fifty-nine or with any fire district or any\nagency or official thereof on or after the first day of September,\nnineteen hundred sixty, by such person, and by any firm, partnership, or\ncorporation of which he is a member, partner, director or officer may be\ncancelled or terminated by the municipal corporation or fire district\nwithout incurring any penalty or damages on account of such cancellation\nor termination, but any monies owing by the municipal corporation or\nfire district for goods delivered or work done prior to the cancellation\nor termination shall be paid.\n The provisions of this section as in force and effect prior to the\nfirst day of September, nineteen hundred sixty, shall apply to\nspecifications or contracts made or awarded by a municipal corporation\non or after the first day of July, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, but\nprior to the first day of September, nineteen hundred sixty.\n