Assembly Bill A621

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred source which is an approved charitable non-profit-making agency for the blind; provides for the repeal upon expiration thereof

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Current Bill Status Via S858 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A621 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S858
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, St Fin L

2023-A621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that when the state is purchasing commodities and such commodities are available and purchased from approved charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind, the preferred source shall perform fifty percent or more of the work.

2023-A621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    621
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred
   source  which  is  an approved charitable non-profit-making agency for
   the blind; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expi-
   ration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (ii)  of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  4  of
 section 162 of the state finance law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws
 of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) When commodities are available, in the form, function and utility
 required  by,  a state agency or political subdivision or public benefit
 corporation having their own purchasing agency, and such commodities are
 not available pursuant to  subparagraph  (i)  of  this  paragraph,  said
 commodities  shall  then  be purchased from approved charitable non-pro-
 fit-making agencies for the  blind,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  PREFERRED
 SOURCE SHALL PERFORM FIFTY PERCENT OR MORE OF THE WORK;
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the state finance  law
 relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment
 to  certain  persons, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7578-C
 and A. 8549-C, takes effect, and shall expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
 three years after such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04179-01-3

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