Senate Bill S8082

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans

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Current Bill Status - 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-S8082 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8562
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §311, NYC Chart (as proposed in S.7563 & A.7334); amd §163, St Fin L

2023-S8082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes a technical correction to certain provisions of the New York city charter relating to the procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities; increases state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority, women and service-disabled veterans to $750,000.

2023-S8082 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8082
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to making a tech-
   nical correction thereto; and to  amend  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to increasing state agencies' discretionary buying thresholds
   for certain commodities or services from businesses owned by minority,
   women and service-disabled veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York
 city charter, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023  amending  the
 New  York  city charter relating to the procurement limit for businesses
 owned by women and minorities, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers
 S. 7563 and A. 7334, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  agencies may make procurements of goods, services and construction
 for amounts not exceeding one million[,] five hundred  thousand  dollars
 from  businesses  certified  as  minority or women-owned business enter-
 prises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter  without
 a formal competitive process.
   §  2.  Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance law, as sepa-
 rately amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 and chapter 572 of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
 by the state procurement council:
   (A) the commissioner may purchase services  and  commodities  for  the
 office  of  general  services  or  its customer agencies serviced by the
 office of general services business services center  in  an  amount  not
 exceeding  eighty-five  thousand  dollars  without  a formal competitive
 process;
   (B) state agencies may purchase services and commodities in an  amount
 not  exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal competitive proc-
 ess; [and]
   (C) state agencies may purchase commodities  or  services  from  small
 business  concerns  [or those certified pursuant to article fifteen-A of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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