S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7583
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 23, 2025
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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
amended by chapter 110 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
by the state procurement council:
(a) the commissioner may purchase services and commodities for the
office of general services or its customer agencies serviced by the
office of general services business services center in an amount not
exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal competitive
process;
(b) state agencies may purchase services and commodities in an amount
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal competitive proc-
ess;
(c) state agencies may purchase commodities or services, INCLUDING
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, from small business concerns, or commodities or
technology that are recycled or remanufactured in an amount not exceed-
ing ONE MILLION five hundred thousand dollars without a formal compet-
itive process;
(d) state agencies may purchase commodities or services from those
certified pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law and article
three of the veterans' services law in an amount not exceeding seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars without a formal competitive process; and
(e) state agencies may purchase commodities that are food, including
milk and milk products, or animal or plant fiber products, grown,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 it shall
have become a law; 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 there-
with. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
date.