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Assembly Bill A8604

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows water authorities to make certain purchases and to contract for certain services

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2019-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7226
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L

2019-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A8604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8604
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   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.

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