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Assembly Bill A1525

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity

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2023-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S499
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9138, S6520
2015-2016: A5537, S1682
2017-2018: A1388, S2948
2019-2020: A6755, S6404
2021-2022: A4747, S5348
2025-2026: A3216, S1429

2023-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity.

2023-A1525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1525
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   municipalities to contract for services through any other governmental
   entity
 
   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, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district ther-
 ein authorized to make purchases of apparatus, materials,  equipment  or
 supplies, or to contract for services related to the installation, main-
 tenance  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, materials,  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 governmental enti-
 ties; provided, however, that no political subdivision or district ther-
 ein, other than a city with a population of one million or more inhabit-
 ants 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  subdivision  or
 district shall first adopt a local law, rule, regulation or  resolution,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02919-01-3

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