Bill Text: NY A07075 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the state discretionary buying threshold without a formal competitive process for certain commodities from certain businesses, including construction services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A07075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7075

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  increasing  the
          state  discretionary  buying  threshold  without  a formal competitive
          process for certain commodities from certain businesses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance law, as
     2  separately amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter  56  and  chapter
     3  572 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
     5  by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
     6  and commodities for the office of general services or its customer agen-
     7  cies serviced by the office of general services business services center
     8  in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal
     9  competitive  process;  state  agencies may purchase services and commod-
    10  ities in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal
    11  competitive process; and state  agencies  may  purchase  commodities  or
    12  services,  including construction services, from small business concerns
    13  or those certified pursuant to article fifteen-A of  the  executive  law
    14  and article three of the veterans' services law, or commodities or tech-
    15  nology  that  are  recycled or remanufactured in an amount not exceeding
    16  one million five hundred thousand dollars without a  formal  competitive
    17  process  and  for  commodities  that  are  food, including milk and milk
    18  products, or animal or plant fiber products, grown, produced, harvested,
    19  or processed in New York state or  textile  products  manufactured  from
    20  animal  or plant fiber grown or produced predominantly in New York state
    21  in an amount not to exceed  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  without  a
    22  formal competitive process.
    23    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the effec-
    24  tive date of section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2022

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  takes  effect;  provided, however, that the amendments to section 163 of
     2  the state finance law made by section one of this act shall  not  affect
     3  the  repeal  of  such  section  and  shall be deemed repealed therewith.
     4  Effective  immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
     5  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
     6  tive date are authorized to be made and  completed  on  or  before  such
     7  date.