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Assembly Bill A7522

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to veterans organizations as preferred sources in procurement

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2009-A7522 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง162, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A1144

2009-A7522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to preferred sources in procurement; provides for a separate agency to facilitate distribution of orders among veterans' workshops.

2009-A7522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7522

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, LUPARDO, DelMONTE, COLTON, TOWNS, BRADLEY,
  ALESSI,  SCHROEDER, BENEDETTO, P. RIVERA, FIELDS, HAWLEY, SPANO, BALL,
  MAGNARELLI, SCOZZAFAVA -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,
  CLARK,  CUSICK,  GUNTHER, KOLB, KOON, LATIMER, P. LOPEZ, MILLER, MILL-
  MAN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, QUINN -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Veterans' Affairs

AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to providing for a
  separate agency to facilitate distribution of orders  among  veterans'
  workshops for state purchases

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 6 of section 162  of  the  state
finance  law,  as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
read as follows:
  e. The [state] commissioner of social services shall appoint  the  New
York  state  commission for the blind and visually handicapped, or other
non-profit-making agency, other than the agency representing  the  other
severely disabled, to facilitate the distribution of orders among quali-
fied  non-profit-making  charitable  agencies for the blind. The [state]
commissioner of education  shall  appoint  a  non-profit-making  agency,
other than the agency representing the blind, to facilitate the distrib-
ution  of  orders  among qualified non-profit-making charitable agencies
for the other severely disabled [and the]. THE  STATE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
DIVISION  OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SHALL APPOINT A NON-PROFIT-MAKING AGENCY,
OTHER THAN THE AGENCY REPRESENTING THE BLIND OR THE  SEVERELY  DISABLED,
TO FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORDERS AMONG QUALIFIED veterans' work-
shops.    The [state] commissioner of mental health shall facilitate the
distribution of orders among qualified special employment programs oper-
ated or approved by the office of mental  health  serving  mentally  ill
persons.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10923-01-9

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