Bill Text: NY S02509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the inclusion of confidential clauses in contracts entered into for the purchase of services or commodities by the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS [S02509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02509-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2509

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts

        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
          inclusion  of  confidential  clauses in contracts entered into for the
          purchase of services or commodities by the state

          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 3 of section 163 of the state
     2  finance law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii)  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (viii)  Consistent  with  guidelines  issued  by the state procurement
     5  council, no state agency  shall  include  any  confidential  clauses  in
     6  contracts  with  the  state.  As used in this subparagraph "confidential
     7  clause" includes any clause not made available to the public through the
     8  procurement opportunities newsletter described in  section  one  hundred
     9  forty-two of the economic development law.
    10    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    11  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law;  provided,  however,
    12  that  the  amendments  to  section  163 of the state finance law made by
    13  section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
    14  shall  be  deemed  to  be  repealed therewith. Effective immediately the
    15  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
    16  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
    17  to be made and completed on or before such date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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