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Senate Bill S921

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of prevailing market price and to preferred source subcontracts

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2019-S921 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S5096

2019-S921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of prevailing market price and to preferred source subcontracts; authorizes a preferred source to subcontract an incidental portion of a contract to a vendor that is or is not a preferred source, provided that such subcontract does not diminish bona fide employment opportunities for persons who could otherwise be new clients of an entity previously accorded preferred source status.

2019-S921 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    921
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG,  BOYLE,  GRIFFO, HELMING, ORTT, SEPULVEDA,
   SEWARD -- 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 the definition of
   prevailing market price and in relation to  preferred  source  subcon-
   tracts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 162 of the state  finance  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
   G.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION ONLY, "PREVAILING MARKET
 PRICE" SHALL MEAN THE AVERAGE PRICE AT WHICH  VENDORS  OF  THE  SAME  OR
 SIMILAR  PRODUCT OR SERVICE REGULARLY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING
 SUCH PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERS TO SELL SUCH  PRODUCT  OR  SERVICE  UNDER
 SIMILAR TERMS IN THE SAME MARKET.
   §  2.  Section 162 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. PREFERRED SOURCE SUBCONTRACTS. PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED
 BY THE STATE PROCUREMENT COUNCIL, A PREFERRED SOURCE MAY SUBCONTRACT  AN
 INCIDENTAL  PORTION  OF  A  CONTRACT  TO  A  VENDOR  THAT IS OR IS NOT A
 PREFERRED SOURCE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUBCONTRACT DOES NOT DIMINISH  BONA
 FIDE  EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  PERSONS WHO COULD OTHERWISE BE NEW
 CLIENTS OF AN ENTITY PREVIOUSLY ACCORDED PREFERRED SOURCE  STATUS.  SUCH
 SUBCONTRACT  SHALL  BE  INTEGRAL  TO  THE SERVICE BEING DELIVERED BY THE
 PROVIDING PREFERRED SOURCE AGENCY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01459-02-9

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