Bill Text: NY S04197 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the state discretionary buying threshold without a formal competitive process for certain commodities from certain businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS [S04197 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04197-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4197

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 6, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  increasing  the
          state  discretionary  buying  threshold  without  a formal competitive
          process for certain commodities from certain businesses

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance law, as
     2  separately amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter  56  and  chapter
     3  572 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
     5  by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
     6  and commodities for the office of general services or its customer agen-
     7  cies serviced by the office of general services business services center
     8  in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal
     9  competitive  process;  state  agencies may purchase services and commod-
    10  ities in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal
    11  competitive process; and state  agencies  may  purchase  commodities  or
    12  services  from  small  business  concerns or those certified pursuant to
    13  article fifteen-A of the executive law and article three of  the  veter-
    14  ans'  services  law,  or  commodities or technology that are recycled or
    15  remanufactured in an amount not exceeding [five  hundred  thousand]  one
    16  million dollars without a formal competitive process and for commodities
    17  that  are  food,  including  milk  and milk products, or animal or plant
    18  fiber products, grown, produced, harvested, or  processed  in  New  York
    19  state  or textile products manufactured from animal or plant fiber grown
    20  or produced predominantly in New York state in an amount not  to  exceed
    21  two hundred thousand dollars, without a formal competitive process.
    22    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the effec-
    23  tive date of section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2022
    24  takes  effect;  provided, however, that the amendments to section 163 of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05461-01-3
        S. 4197                             2

     1  the state finance law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect
     2  the repeal of such section and be deemed repealed  therewith.  Effective
     3  immediately  the  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
     4  lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
     5  date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.