Bill Text: NY S04855 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-07 - SIGNED CHAP.452 [S04855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04855-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4855
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       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