S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7100
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 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
separately amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 and chapter
572 of the laws of 2022, 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 for the office of general services or its customer agen-
cies serviced by the office of general services business services center
in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal
competitive process; state agencies may purchase services and commod-
ities in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal
competitive process; and state agencies may purchase commodities or
services, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, from small business concerns
or those certified pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law
and article three of the veterans' services law, or commodities or tech-
nology that are recycled or remanufactured in an amount not exceeding
ONE MILLION five hundred thousand dollars without a formal competitive
process and for commodities that are food, including milk and milk
products, or animal or plant fiber products, grown, produced, harvested,
or processed in New York state or textile products manufactured from
animal or plant fiber grown or produced predominantly 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 the effec-
tive date of section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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takes effect; 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 shall 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.