S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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714
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, HYNDMAN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the approval
of certain public authorities contracts by the state comptroller
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2879-a of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 506 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Except as set forth in subdivision three of this section, where the
comptroller determines pursuant to [his or her] SUCH COMPTROLLER'S
authority to supervise the accounts of public corporations, that
contracts or categories of contracts in excess of one million dollars
[(a)] to be awarded by a state authority [to a single source, a sole
source or pursuant to any other method of procurement that is not
competitive, or (b) which are to be paid in whole or in part from monies
appropriated by the state to a state authority for such contractual
expenditure], require supervision in the form of prior review and
approval of such contracts, and the comptroller so notifies such author-
ity of such determination, then any such contract entered into subse-
quent to such notification shall be submitted to the comptroller for
[his or her] SUCH COMPTROLLER'S approval and shall not be a valid
enforceable contract unless it shall first have been approved by the
comptroller. Such notification shall identify the process for
submission, the categories of contracts at issue and the time period for
which such submission is to take place. The comptroller shall promulgate
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out [his or her]
SUCH COMPTROLLER'S responsibilities under this section, including but
not limited to the standards for determining which contracts will be
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02628-01-5
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