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                                  1713--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HEVESI, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to the creation of
   a  state  information  technology innovation center; and providing for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
 103-a to read as follows:
   § 103-A. STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER. 1. THE DIREC-
 TOR  MAY  ESTABLISH  A STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER OR
 "ICENTER" TO DEVELOP, PILOT, AND CONSIDER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO ASSIST
 THE STATE, STATE AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER GOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITIES FIND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THEIR  TECHNOLOGY  NEEDS  OR
 REQUIREMENTS.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL ENSURE THE ICENTER COMPLIES WITH ALL
 STATE LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES.  VENDOR  PARTICIPATION  IN
 THE ICENTER SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO:
   (A)  CREATE PREFERRED STATUS FOR ANY VENDOR IN ANY GOVERNMENT PROCURE-
 MENT, OR
   (B) ABROGATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENTS ARE  AWARDED
 PURSUANT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, INCLUDING SUCH LAWS REQUIRING A COMPET-
 ITIVE PROCESS.
   2.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL IMPLEMENT, BY REGULATION, PROCEDURES TO CARRY
 OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH PROCEDURES SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  ESTABLISHING  THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING VENDORS FOR PARTICIPATION
 IN THE ICENTER, WHICH SHALL BE A PUBLIC PROCESS;
   (B) ESTABLISHING A PROCESS TO  DETERMINE  WHICH  TECHNOLOGY  NEEDS  OR
 REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE ICENTER INITIATIVES; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (C) ESTABLISHING SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THE ICENTER DOES NOT FUNCTION IN
 A  MANNER  THAT  RESULTS  IN  THE  CIRCUMVENTION OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THROUGH SINGLE AND SOLE SOURCE EXEMPTIONS.
   3.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  OUTREACH CAMPAIGN INFORMING THE
 PUBLIC OF THE ICENTER AND SHALL CONDUCT SPECIFIC  OUTREACH  TO  MINORITY
 AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE
 FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, SMALL BUSINESSES AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED
 IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  LAW,  AND
 SERVICE  DISABLED  VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES CERTIFIED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE SEVENTEEN-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW TO INFORM SUCH BUSINESSES OF
 ICENTER INITIATIVES.
   4. EVERY OCTOBER FIRST, BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE DIREC-
 TOR SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR DETAILING ICENTER INITIATIVES
 UNDERTAKEN IN THE PRIOR YEAR. SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO: AN IDENTIFICATION OF ANY RESOURCES USED TO SUPPORT THE ICEN-
 TER  IN  THE  PRIOR  YEAR;  THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF ICENTER INITIATIVES
 UNDERTAKEN IN THE PRIOR YEAR; THE IDENTITY OF VENDORS THAT  PARTICIPATED
 IN THE ICENTER IN THE PRIOR YEAR, ANY ICENTER INITIATIVES PILOTED IN THE
 PRIOR  YEAR  THAT  WERE SUBSEQUENTLY AWARDED A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT WITH
 ANY STATE AGENCY; ANY FUTURE INITIATIVES BEING CONSIDERED FOR  INCLUSION
 IN  THE  ICENTER; AND AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ICENTER.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL BE PUBLICLY POSTED ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 30, 2020.