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Senate Bill S3475

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to discretionary buying thresholds

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2017-S3475 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1754
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8042, A10645

2017-S3475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes state agencies to purchase commodities and services from preferred source providers in an amount not to exceed $200,000 without a formal competitive process.

2017-S3475 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3475
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  discretionary
   buying thresholds
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  569  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
 by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
 and commodities in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand  dollars
 without  a  formal  competitive  process;  state  agencies  may purchase
 services and commodities in  an  amount  not  exceeding  fifty  thousand
 dollars  without  a  formal  competitive process; and state agencies may
 purchase commodities or services from small business concerns  or  those
 certified  pursuant  to articles fifteen-A and seventeen-B of the execu-
 tive law, FROM  PREFERRED  SOURCE  PROVIDERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, or commodities or technology that are
 recycled or remanufactured, or commodities that are food, including milk
 and  milk products, grown, produced or harvested in New York state in an
 amount not exceeding two  hundred  thousand  dollars  without  a  formal
 competitive process.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
 ments to section 163 of the state finance law, made by  section  one  of
 this  act,  shall  not affect the expiration and repeal of such section,
 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03797-01-7

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