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Assembly Bill A2257

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires reporting by entities other than state agencies that purchase commodities or services through a contract with the office of general services

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2011-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3807
2013-2014: A5205

2011-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reporting by entities other than state agencies that purchase commodities or services through a contract with the office of general services.

2011-A2257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2257

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. COLTON, DESTITO, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, MILLMAN, PHEFFER,
  SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to entities purchas-
  ing through office of general services contracts

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

  Section 1. Section 163 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
  10-A.    REPORTING  TO  THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES.  ANY OFFICE OF
GENERAL SERVICES CONTRACT THROUGH WHICH COMMODITIES OR SERVICES  MAY  BE
PURCHASED  BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN A STATE AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE
VENDOR REPORT SUCH PURCHASES TO THE OFFICE  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES  ON  A
QUARTERLY  BASIS.  THE  VENDOR'S REPORT SHALL SPECIFY FOR EACH PURCHASE,
THE ITEMS PURCHASED, THE NUMBER OF PURCHASES AND THE AMOUNT OF  EXPENDI-
TURES.  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REPORT SUCH INFORMATION TO
THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. THE OFFICE  OF
THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN ITS REPORTING
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 14  of  section  163  of  the  state
finance law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
read as follows:
  (i)  a  listing  of  individual  and  centralized contracts, including
vendor name, comptroller approval dates, dollar value of such contracts,
the state agency which let the  contract  and/or  state  agencies  which
purchased  off centralized contracts, OTHER ENTITIES WHICH PURCHASED OFF
CENTRALIZED CONTRACTS, expenditures made on each such  contract  and  by
which  agencies  OR  OTHER  ENTITIES  during the fiscal year and life to
date, citing contract category codes, source selection method, including
"lowest price", "best value", sole source, single source, negotiated and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04776-01-1

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