Bill Text: NY A01144 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to preferred sources in procurement; provides for a separate agency to facilitate distribution of orders among veterans' workshops.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-22 - held for consideration in veterans' affairs [A01144 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01144-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1144 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, LUPARDO, COLTON, TOWNS, SCHROEDER, BENE- DETTO, P. RIVERA, HAWLEY, SPANO, MAGNARELLI, CASTELLI -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CLARK, CUSICK, GUNTHER, KOLB, LATIMER, P. LOPEZ, J. MILLER, MILLMAN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to providing for a separate agency to facilitate distribution of orders among veterans' workshops for state purchases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6 of section 162 of the state 2 finance law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 e. The [state] commissioner of social services shall appoint the New 5 York state commission for the blind and visually handicapped, or other 6 non-profit-making agency, other than the agency representing the other 7 severely disabled, to facilitate the distribution of orders among quali- 8 fied non-profit-making charitable agencies for the blind. The [state] 9 commissioner of education shall appoint a non-profit-making agency, 10 other than the agency representing the blind, to facilitate the distrib- 11 ution of orders among qualified non-profit-making charitable agencies 12 for the other severely disabled [and the]. THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE 13 DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL APPOINT A NON-PROFIT-MAKING AGENCY, 14 OTHER THAN THE AGENCY REPRESENTING THE BLIND OR THE SEVERELY DISABLED, 15 TO FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORDERS AMONG QUALIFIED veterans' work- 16 shops. The [state] commissioner of mental health shall facilitate the 17 distribution of orders among qualified special employment programs oper- 18 ated or approved by the office of mental health serving mentally ill 19 persons. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04529-01-1