Bill Text: NY A08393 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing; authorizes intergovernmental agreements between public agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A08393 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08393-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8393

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law  and  the  general
          municipal  law,  in relation to authorizing the department of environ-
          mental conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing and  authoriz-
          ing intergovernmental agreements

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3-0117 of the  environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  The  department  may,  with  written approval of the commissioner,
     4  participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative  purchasing
     5  agreement  for  the  procurement of material or nonprofessional services
     6  with one or more public procurement units either  within  the  state  or
     7  with  another state in accordance with an agreement entered into between
     8  the participants.
     9    § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
    10  109-e to read as follows:
    11    §  109-e.  Intergovernmental  agreements.  1.  For  purposes  of  this
    12  section, the term "public agency" shall mean  any  county,  city,  town,
    13  village,  school  district, improvement district or district corporation
    14  of the state of New York.
    15    2. Any power or powers, privilege or privileges, authority  or  under-
    16  taking,  exercised  or  capable of exercise, or which may be engaged in,
    17  and any public works which may be undertaken, by a public agency  acting
    18  alone  may  be exercised, enjoyed, engaged in or undertaken jointly with
    19  any other public agency which could likewise act alone.
    20    3. Any two or more public agencies may enter into a written  agreement
    21  with  one  another  for  joint  or  cooperative  action  pursuant to the
    22  provisions of this section. Appropriate action by ordinance,  resolution
    23  or  otherwise pursuant to law of the governing bodies of the participat-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13263-01-1
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     1  ing public agencies shall be necessary before any such  agreement  shall
     2  become  effective.  Any separately legal or administrative entity estab-
     3  lished hereunder is a public corporation and may exist for the length of
     4  time set forth in the intergovernmental agreement.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.