Assembly Bill A4724

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing and authorizes intergovernmental agreements

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A4724 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-0117, En Con L; add §109-d, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4761
2013-2014: A6013
2015-2016: A5293
2019-2020: A5791
2021-2022: A8393
2023-2024: A2673

2017-A4724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing and authorizes intergovernmental agreements between public agencies.

2017-A4724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4724
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law and the general
   municipal law, in relation to authorizing the department  of  environ-
   mental  conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing and authoriz-
   ing intergovernmental agreements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-0117  of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE DEPARTMENT MAY, WITH  WRITTEN  APPROVAL  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER,
 PARTICIPATE  IN, SPONSOR, CONDUCT OR ADMINISTER A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
 AGREEMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF MATERIAL  OR  NONPROFESSIONAL  SERVICES
 WITH  ONE  OR  MORE  PUBLIC PROCUREMENT UNITS EITHER WITHIN THE STATE OR
 WITH ANOTHER STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO  BETWEEN
 THE PARTICIPANTS.
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 109-d to read as follows:
   §  109-D.  INTERGOVERNMENTAL  AGREEMENTS.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  TERM  "PUBLIC  AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,
 VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR  DISTRICT  CORPORATION
 OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   2.  ANY  POWER OR POWERS, PRIVILEGE OR PRIVILEGES, AUTHORITY OR UNDER-
 TAKING, EXERCISED OR CAPABLE OF EXERCISE, OR WHICH MAY  BE  ENGAGED  IN,
 AND  ANY PUBLIC WORKS WHICH MAY BE UNDERTAKEN, BY A PUBLIC AGENCY ACTING
 ALONE MAY BE EXERCISED, ENJOYED, ENGAGED IN OR UNDERTAKEN  JOINTLY  WITH
 ANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY WHICH COULD LIKEWISE ACT ALONE.
   3.  ANY TWO OR MORE PUBLIC AGENCIES MAY ENTER INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT
 WITH ONE ANOTHER  FOR  JOINT  OR  COOPERATIVE  ACTION  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION. APPROPRIATE ACTION BY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION
 OR OTHERWISE PURSUANT TO LAW OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE  PARTICIPAT-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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