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Assembly Bill A5205

2013-2014 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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2013-A5205 (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
2011-2012: A2257

2013-A5205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A5205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5205

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 21, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. COLTON, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, MILLMAN, SWEENEY,  WEISEN-
  BERG  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
  ations

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.
                                                           LBD09051-01-3

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