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Assembly Bill A6494A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations

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2023-A6494 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6431
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4723, S3106

2023-A6494 - Summary

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.

2023-A6494 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6494
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to allowing  for  the
   donation  of  personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit
   organizations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 167 of the state finance law, as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a  new  subdivi-
 sion 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1.  The head of a state agency having custody or control of such prop-
 erty, except vehicles, may: (a) dispose of such property  in  accordance
 with  applicable  express  statutory provisions, (b) reuse such property
 within the same state agency, (c) use the property in part payment on  a
 new item which may include, but shall not be limited to, use as a trade-
 in or use in a guaranteed brokerage arrangement, (d) with the consent of
 the  commissioner,  place such property in the custody or control of the
 office of general services for reuse by  other  state  agencies  or  for
 other  disposition, (E) WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER, PLACE SUCH
 PROPERTY IN THE CUSTODY OR  CONTROL  OF  A  PRE-APPROVED  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 ORGANIZATION,  or [(e)] (F) where the fair market value of such property
 is less than an amount established from time to time by the  commission-
 er,  dispose  of  such  property by such means as the head of such state
 agency deems to be in the best interest of the state.  Records  of  each
 disposition  shall  be  retained  by  the state agency disposing of such
 property and shall be subject to audit. Where personal property has been
 purchased from special funds, a state agency, upon  designation  of  the
 source  of  funds  from which such property was purchased, may condition
 the disposal of such property on the reimbursement of such special  fund
 in  the  amount of the fair market value of such property.  All proceeds
 realized on sale or other transfer and not otherwise  authorized  to  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10719-01-3

2023-A6494A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6431
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4723, S3106

2023-A6494A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.

2023-A6494A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6494--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on  Govern-
   mental  Operations  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to allowing for the
   donation of personal property of the state to  certain  not-for-profit
   organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of the state finance  law,  as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The head of a state agency having custody or control of such prop-
 erty, except vehicles, may: (a) dispose of such property  in  accordance
 with  applicable  express  statutory provisions, (b) reuse such property
 within the same state agency, (c) use the property in part payment on  a
 new item which may include, but shall not be limited to, use as a trade-
 in or use in a guaranteed brokerage arrangement, (d) with the consent of
 the  commissioner,  place such property in the custody or control of the
 office of general services for reuse by  other  state  agencies  or  for
 other  disposition,  or (e) where the fair market value of such property
 is less than an amount established from time to time by the  commission-
 er,  dispose  of  such  property by such means as the head of such state
 agency deems to be in the best interest of  the  state  OR  DONATE  SUCH
 PROPERTY  TO  A 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS UP TO DATE
 ON THEIR ANNUAL FILINGS. Records of each disposition shall  be  retained
 by  the  state agency disposing of such property and shall be subject to
 audit. Where personal property has been purchased from special funds,  a
 state  agency,  upon  designation of the source of funds from which such
 property was purchased, may condition the disposal of such  property  on
 the  reimbursement of such special fund in the amount of the fair market
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10719-02-4

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