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

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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-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7515--A
                              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, P. RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, CORWIN, GABRYSZAK
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental  Operations
         --  recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accord-
         ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee
       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, REPRESENTING A NOT-FOR-PROFIT NEW YORK-BASED
   12  ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MARKETING AND/OR PROMOTION OF NEW YORK GROWN
   13  FARM AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT NEW YORK-BASED ORGAN-
   14  IZATION ENGAGED SOLELY IN THE ADVOCACY, MARKETING  AND/OR  PROMOTION  OF
   15  ORGANIC NEW YORK GROWN FARM AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO BE LIMITED TO A
   16  TWO  YEAR  TERM;  and eight at large members appointed as follows: three
   17  appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be
   18  a representative of local government and one of whom shall be  a  repre-
   19  sentative  of  private  business;  three appointed by the speaker of the
   20  assembly, one of whom shall be a representative of local government  and
   21  one of whom shall be a representative of private business; one appointed
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  by the minority leader of the senate; and, one appointed by the minority
    2  leader  of  the  assembly;  and  two  non-voting  observers appointed as
    3  follows: one appointed by the temporary president of the senate and  one
    4  appointed by the speaker of the assembly. The non-voting observers shall
    5  be provided, contemporaneously, all documentation and materials distrib-
    6  uted  to  members.  The council shall be chaired by the commissioner and
    7  shall meet at least quarterly.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.