S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7147
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 2, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to increasing the
state discretionary buying threshold without a formal competitive
process for certain commodities from certain businesses
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 96 of the laws of 2019, 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, or commodities or technology that are recycled or remanufac-
tured in an amount not exceeding [five hundred thousand] ONE MILLION
dollars without a formal competitive process and for commodities that
are food, including milk and milk products, grown, produced or harvested
in New York state in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand
dollars, without a formal competitive process.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section 163
of the state finance law, made by section one of this act, shall not
affect the repeal of such section and be deemed repealed therewith.
Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11511-01-1