STATE OF NEW YORK
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7308
IN SENATE
January 5, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to the state
information technology innovation center
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 103-a of the state technol-
2 ogy law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the state
3 technology law relating to the creation of a state information technolo-
4 gy innovation center, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1121-A
5 and A. 1713-A, are amended to read as follows:
6 2. The director shall implement[, by regulation, procedures] guide-
7 lines to carry out the provisions of this section which shall not
8 contravene any provision of the state finance law. Such procedures shall
9 include, but not be limited to:
10 (a) establishing the process for selecting vendors for participation
11 in the iCenter, which shall be a public process;
12 (b) establishing a process to determine which technology needs or
13 requirements shall be iCenter initiatives; and
14 (c) establishing safeguards to ensure the iCenter does not function in
15 a manner that results in the circumvention of competitive bidding,
16 including but not limited to through single and sole source exemptions.
17 4. Every [October] January first, beginning in two thousand [eighteen]
18 nineteen, the director shall submit a report to the speaker of the
19 assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the governor
20 detailing iCenter initiatives undertaken in the prior year. Such report
21 shall include but not be limited to: an identification of any state
22 resources used to support the iCenter in the prior year; the number and
23 nature of iCenter initiatives undertaken in the prior year; the identity
24 of vendors that participated in the iCenter in the prior year, any iCen-
25 ter initiatives piloted in the prior year that were subsequently awarded
26 a procurement contract with any state agency[; any future initiatives
27 being considered for inclusion in the iCenter] to the extent the office
28 of information technology services may be aware of such contracts; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 an evaluation of the effectiveness of the iCenter. Such report shall be
2 publicly posted on the office's website.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the state technology
5 law relating to the creation of a state information technology inno-
6 vation center, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1121-A and A.
7 1713-A, takes effect; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivi-
8 sions 2 and 4 of section 103-a of the state technology law made by
9 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
10 shall be deemed repealed therewith.