| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 06, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S7743
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S7743 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- State Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง161 & 162, St Fin L
2009-S7743 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides referred source status for the purposes of procurement to New York based companies who meet certain criteria and which have at least one employee who resides full time in New York State and whose primary role is to conduct business in any capacity other than government relations.
2009-S7743 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7743
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to preferred source
status for the purposes of procurement
PURPOSE :
To protect jobs and help businesses located in New York State and that
generate economic activity in New York State, If a business is located
in New York and is bidding for a public contract, given that the
business produces a product of equal quality at a competitive price,
it is in the best interest of New York to award the contract to a New
York domiciled business, This protects jobs and generates economic
activity which in turn generates tax revenue,
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1. Amends section 161 of the State Finance Law to add economic
nexus of the vendor to the guidelines for wise and prudent uses of
public money developed by the State Procurement Council.
Section 2. Amends section 162 of the State Finance Law to add New York
State based businesses as preferred sources for the purpose of public
contracts, To qualify a business must have an organizational presence
in New York State, generate at least 20 percent of its gross income
from business conducted in the State and have at least one employee
2009-S7743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7743
I N S E N A T E
May 6, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, McDONALD, HANNON, LARKIN, PADAVAN, SEWARD,
VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to preferred source
status for the purposes of procurement
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision 2 of section 161 of the state
finance law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
read as follows:
i. Establish and, from time to time, amend guidelines for the procure-
ment of services and technology in accordance with the provisions of
this article. Such guidelines shall ensure the wise and prudent use of
public money in the best interest of the taxpayers of the state; guard
against favoritism, improvidence, extravagance, fraud and corruption;
and ensure that service contracts are awarded on the basis of best
value, including, but not limited to, the following criteria: quality,
cost, and efficiency; AND ALL OTHER CRITERIA BEING EQUAL, THE ECONOMIC
NEXUS OF THE VENDOR AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH G OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE;
S 2. Paragraphs e and f of subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state
finance law, paragraph e as amended and paragraph f as added by chapter
501 of the laws of 2002, are amended, and a new paragraph g is added to
read as follows:
e. Commodities and services produced by a qualified veterans' workshop
providing job and employment-skills training to veterans where such a
workshop is operated by the United States department of veterans affairs
and is manufacturing products or performing services within this state
and where such workshop is approved for such purposes by the commission-
er of education; [or]
f. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-
profit-making workshop for veterans approved for such purposes by the
commissioner of education, or incorporated under the laws of this state
and approved for such purposes by the commissioner of education[.]; OR
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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