Assembly Bill A8943

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the state information technology innovation center

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7308 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7308
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, St Tech L (as proposed in S. 1121-A and A. 1713-A)

2017-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the director's guidelines not contravene any provision of the state finance law and the directors report be submitted every January first beginning in twenty nineteen.

2017-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8943
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state  technology law, in relation to the state
   information technology innovation center
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 103-a of the state technol-
 ogy  law,  as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the state
 technology law relating to the creation of a state information technolo-
 gy innovation center, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1121-A
 and A. 1713-A, are amended to read as follows:
   2. The director shall implement[, by  regulation,  procedures]  GUIDE-
 LINES  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this section WHICH SHALL NOT
 CONTRAVENE ANY PROVISION OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. Such procedures shall
 include, but not be limited to:
   (a) establishing the process for selecting vendors  for  participation
 in the iCenter, which shall be a public process;
   (b)  establishing  a  process  to  determine which technology needs or
 requirements shall be iCenter initiatives; and
   (c) establishing safeguards to ensure the iCenter does not function in
 a manner that results  in  the  circumvention  of  competitive  bidding,
 including but not limited to through single and sole source exemptions.
   4. Every [October] JANUARY first, beginning in two thousand [eighteen]
 NINETEEN,  the  director  shall  submit  a  report to the speaker of the
 assembly, the temporary  president  of  the  senate,  and  the  governor
 detailing  iCenter initiatives undertaken in the prior year. Such report
 shall include but not be limited to:  an  identification  of  any  STATE
 resources  used to support the iCenter in the prior year; the number and
 nature of iCenter initiatives undertaken in the prior year; the identity
 of vendors that participated in the iCenter in the prior year, any iCen-
 ter initiatives piloted in the prior year that were subsequently awarded
 a procurement contract with any state agency[;  any  future  initiatives
 being  considered for inclusion in the iCenter] TO THE EXTENT THE OFFICE
 OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MAY BE AWARE OF SUCH  CONTRACTS;  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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