Senate Bill S4109

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to service contract payment reductions and prohibitions on new service contracts in the event of mid-year budget cuts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S4109 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§139-f, 163 & 22, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8940

2021-S4109 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in the event that an adjustment or reduction in the appropriations authorized for state operations under the 2020 state budget is effectuated, the director of the division of the budget shall effectuate corresponding reductions in payments to contractors providing services for the duration of that fiscal year; excludes debt service payments.

2021-S4109 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4109
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  reducing  service
   contract  payments  and  to  preclude the state from entering into new
   service contracts during a fiscal crisis

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 139-f of the state finance law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 1-c to read as follows:
   1-C. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS IN THE EVENT OF A FISCAL CRISIS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER LAW TO
 THE CONTRARY, IN THE EVENT THAT AN ADJUSTMENT OR REDUCTION IN THE APPRO-
 PRIATIONS AUTHORIZED FOR STATE OPERATIONS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER  FIFTY  OF
 THE  LAWS  OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY IS EFFECTUATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN OF SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR PURSUANT TO  ANY  OTHER
 LAW OR EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET SHALL
 EFFECTUATE CORRESPONDING REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS PROVIDING
 SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE AND TO OTHER CONTRACTORS PROVIDING
 SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX, ONE HUNDRED  THIR-
 TY-SIX-A,  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX-B AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX-C OF THIS
 ARTICLE FOR THE DURATION OF THAT FISCAL YEAR,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
 THOSE  PAYMENTS  REQUIRED TO SATISFY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TO PAY DEBT
 SERVICE OR CONTINGENT  CONTRACTUAL  OBLIGATIONS  OR  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PAID.
   §  2. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 163 of the state finance
 law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   a.  The purchase of services by state agencies including the office of
 general services shall be conducted in  a  manner  which  accords  first
 priority  to preferred sources in accordance with the provisions of this
 article when the services required are available in the  form,  function
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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