Assembly Bill A7596

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7596 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7147
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4197

2021-A7596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A7596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7596
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance law, as
 amended by chapter 96 of the  laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
 by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
 and  commodities in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars
 without a  formal  competitive  process;  state  agencies  may  purchase
 services  and  commodities  in  an  amount  not exceeding fifty thousand
 dollars without a formal competitive process;  and  state  agencies  may
 purchase  commodities  or services from small business concerns or those
 certified pursuant to articles fifteen-A and seventeen-B of  the  execu-
 tive  law,  or commodities or technology that are recycled or remanufac-
 tured in an amount not exceeding [five  hundred  thousand]  ONE  MILLION
 dollars  without  a  formal competitive process and for commodities that
 are food, including milk and milk products, grown, produced or harvested
 in New York state in an  amount  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  thousand
 dollars, without a formal competitive process.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 163
 of the state finance law, made by section one of  this  act,  shall  not
 affect  the  repeal  of  such  section and be deemed repealed therewith.
 Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive  date  are  authorized  to  be made and completed on or before such
 date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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