senate Bill S5180

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the interagency committee on sustainability and green procurement

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee


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Feb 24, 2023 referred to procurement and contracts

S5180 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4931
Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §160, add §161-a, St Fin L

S5180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the interagency committee on sustainability and green procurement; provides that the committee shall select a minimum of three "priority categories" of commodities, services or technology, and at least twelve "priority commodities, services and technology" within each of the priority categories, for which the committee shall develop "green procurement lists" and "green procurement specifications" for use by state agencies and public authorities in the procurement of commodities, services and technology.

S5180 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5180
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  establishing  the
   interagency committee on sustainability and green procurement

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 160 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A. "PUBLIC AUTHORITY" MEANS A PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  OR  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION  CREATED  BY  OR EXISTING UNDER ANY STATE LAW, A MAJORITY OF
 WHOSE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR (INCLUDING ANY  SUBSIDIARIES
 OF  SUCH  PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION), OTHER THAN AN
 INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 161-a to
 read as follows:
   § 161-A. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY  AND  GREEN  PROCURE-
 MENT.  1.  (A)  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED AN INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON
 SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT. THE COMMITTEE SHALL  BE  COMPRISED
 OF  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE BUDGET, THE COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER
 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE URBAN  DEVELOPMENT  CORPO-
 RATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENVI-
 RONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
 ENERGY,  RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT  AUTHORITY,  THE  CHAIR OF THE POWER
 AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 DORMITORY  AUTHORITY  OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SHALL SERVE AS  CO-CHAIRS  OF
 THE COMMITTEE.
   (B)  MEMBERS  OF THE COMMITTEE MAY DESIGNATE AN EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBER
 TO REPRESENT THEM AND PARTICIPATE ON THE COMMITTEE ON  THEIR  BEHALF.  A
 MAJORITY  OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04795-01-3

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