Bill Text: NY A07515 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to membership on the state procurement council by a member of a not-for-profit organization representing the agricultural interests in the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-20 - substituted by s4855a [A07515 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07515-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7515
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 9, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to membership on the
         state procurement council
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the state
    2  finance law, as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    a.  The state procurement council shall continuously strive to improve
    5  the state's procurement process. Such council shall consist of  [twenty]
    6  TWENTY-ONE  members,  including the commissioner, the state comptroller,
    7  the director of the budget, the chief diversity officer and the  commis-
    8  sioner  of  economic  development,  or their respective designees; seven
    9  members who shall be the heads of other large and small  state  agencies
   10  chosen  by  the  governor,  or  their  respective designees; ONE MEMBER,
   11  APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WHO SHALL BE A MEMBER  OF  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT,
   12  NEW  YORK  BASED ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS OF THE
   13  STATE; and eight at large members appointed as follows: three  appointed
   14  by  the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a repre-
   15  sentative of local government and one of whom shall be a  representative
   16  of private business; three appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one
   17  of  whom  shall  be a representative of local government and one of whom
   18  shall be a representative of private  business;  one  appointed  by  the
   19  minority leader of the senate; and, one appointed by the minority leader
   20  of  the assembly; and two non-voting observers appointed as follows: one
   21  appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one appointed  by
   22  the speaker of the assembly. The non-voting observers shall be provided,
   23  contemporaneously,   all  documentation  and  materials  distributed  to
   24  members. The council shall be chaired by the commissioner and shall meet
   25  at least quarterly.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10622-02-1