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Assembly Bill A8193

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to including water authorities to make certain purchases and to contract for certain services through the use of U.S. and state agency

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2015-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง103, Gen Muni L

2015-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including water authorities to make certain purchases and to contract for certain services through the use of U.S. and state agency and political subdivisions.

2015-A8193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8193

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  including
  water  authorities  to  make  certain  purchases  and  to contract for
  certain services through the use of U.S. and state  agency  and  poli-
  tical subdivisions

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  16.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one, two and three
of this section, and section one hundred four of this article, any offi-
cer, WATER AUTHORITY, board or agency of a political subdivision  or  of
any  district therein authorized to make purchases of apparatus, materi-
als, equipment or supplies, or to contract for services related  to  the
installation,  maintenance or repair of apparatus, materials, equipment,
and supplies, may make such purchases, or may contract for such services
related to the installation, maintenance or repair of apparatus, materi-
als, equipment, and supplies, as  may  be  required  by  such  political
subdivision or district therein through the use of a contract let by the
United  States  of America or any agency thereof, any state or any other
political subdivision or district therein if such contract  was  let  to
the  lowest responsible bidder or on the basis of best value in a manner
consistent with this section and made available for use by other govern-
mental entities; provided, however, that  no  political  subdivision  or
district  therein, other than a city with a population of one million or
more inhabitants or any district,  board  or  agency  with  jurisdiction
exclusively  therein,  may  make  such  purchases  or  contract for such
services through the use of such a contract let on  the  basis  of  best
value  in  a  manner  consistent  with this section unless the political

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11483-02-5

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