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Assembly Bill A5510

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring state agencies to give preference to New York companies when contracting for goods and services; repealer

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2017-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§165 & 163, rpld & add §146, St Fin L; rpld §2603-a, add §2877-a, Pub Auth L; amd §38, Hway L; amd §103, Gen Muni L; amd §8, Pub Bldg L; amd §210-B, Tax L

2017-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring state agencies to give preference to New York companies when contracting for goods and services; relates to requiring the use of New York made iron, steel and manufactured products in certain government contracts; relates to creating a tax credit for New York state businesses that source materials and supplies manufactured by other New York state businesses.

2017-A5510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5510
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state
   agencies  to  give  preference  to  food  products,  commodities,  and
   services  from  New York state; to amend the state finance law, public
   authorities law, the highway law, the general municipal law,  and  the
   public  buildings  law,  in  relation to requiring the use of New York
   made iron, steel  and  manufactured  products  in  certain  government
   contracts;  to  amend the tax law in relation to creating a tax credit
   for New York state businesses that source materials and supplies manu-
   factured by other New York state businesses;  and  to  repeal  certain
   provisions  of  the  public  authorities law and the state finance law
   relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title. This act shall be known as the "Buy New York
 Act".
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 165 of the state  finance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 533 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. Except as otherwise provided  in  this  subdivision,  when  letting
 contracts  for the purchase of food products on behalf of facilities and
 institutions of the state, solicitation specifications of the office  of
 general  services  and  any  other  agency, department, office, board or
 commission [may] SHALL require provisions that mandate that all or  some
 of  the  required  food products are grown, produced or harvested in New
 York state, or that any processing of such food products take  place  in
 facilities  located  within New York state, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CONTRACTS
 FOR FOOD PRODUCTS ARE PRICED COMPETITIVELY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06591-01-7

              

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