Assembly Bill A8504

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires public authorities to comply with certain provisions of the state finance law relating to procurements

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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-A8504 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2879, Pub Auth L

2021-A8504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public authorities to comply with certain provisions of the state finance law and the public buildings law relating to procurements.

2021-A8504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8504
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN -- (at request of the State Comptroller)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authori-
   ties and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   public authorities to comply with  certain  provisions  of  the  state
   finance law relating to procurements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2879  of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as  amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Every public authority and public benefit corporation,  a  majority
 of  the  members  of  which  consist  of persons either appointed by the
 governor or who serve as members by virtue of holding a civil office  of
 the state, or a combination thereof, (such entities to be hereinafter in
 this  section  referred  to  as "corporation") shall adopt by resolution
 comprehensive guidelines CONSISTENT WITH THE METHODS OF EVALUATING  BIDS
 AND  PROPOSALS  AND  AWARDING  OF  CONTRACTS  AUTHORIZED BY SECTIONS ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX-A, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE  AND  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-
 THREE-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION EIGHT OF
 THE  PUBLIC BUILDINGS LAW, UNLESS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED OTHERWISE BY LAW,
 which detail the corporation's operative policy and instructions regard-
 ing  the  use,  awarding,  monitoring  and  reporting   of   procurement
 contracts.  Guidelines  approved  by  the  corporation shall be annually
 reviewed and approved by the corporation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10526-02-1

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