Bill Text: NY A01388 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to local governments [A01388 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01388-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1388
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JENNE, FRIEND, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  PALMESANO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Local Governments
        AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
          municipalities to contract for services through any other governmental
          entity
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  497 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    16. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one, two and  three
     5  of this section, and section one hundred four of this article, any offi-
     6  cer, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district ther-
     7  ein  authorized  to make purchases of apparatus, materials, equipment or
     8  supplies, or to contract for services related to the installation, main-
     9  tenance or repair of apparatus, materials, equipment, and supplies,  may
    10  make such purchases, or may contract for [such] services [related to the
    11  installation,  maintenance or repair of apparatus, materials, equipment,
    12  and supplies], as may be  required  by  such  political  subdivision  or
    13  district  therein through the use of a contract let by the United States
    14  of America or any agency thereof,  any  state  or  any  other  political
    15  subdivision  or  district therein if such contract was let to the lowest
    16  responsible bidder or on the basis of best value in a manner  consistent
    17  with this section and made available for use by other governmental enti-
    18  ties; provided, however, that no political subdivision or district ther-
    19  ein, other than a city with a population of one million or more inhabit-
    20  ants  or  any  district,  board  or agency with jurisdiction exclusively
    21  therein, may make such purchases or contract for such  services  through
    22  the  use  of  such a contract let on the basis of best value in a manner
    23  consistent  with  this  section  unless  the  political  subdivision  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 1388                             2
     1  district  shall first adopt a local law, rule, regulation or resolution,
     2  as the case may be, pursuant to subdivision one of this section, author-
     3  izing the use of best value for awarding purchase contracts.
     4    The authority provided to political subdivisions and districts therein
     5  pursuant  to  this  subdivision shall not relieve any obligation of such
     6  political subdivision or district therein to comply with any  applicable
     7  minority  and  women-owned  business enterprise program mandates and the
     8  preferred source requirements of section one hundred  sixty-two  of  the
     9  state finance law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
    11  ments  to  subdivision  16  of section 103 of the general municipal law,
    12  made by section one of this act, shall not affect  the  repeal  of  such
    13  subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.