Senate Bill S8646

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchase of domestically produced personal protective equipment

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • 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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2019-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10691
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-c, amd §160, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S4110, A3430
2023-2024: S2850, A1209

2019-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the purchase of domestically produced personal protective equipment.

2019-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8646
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 29, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  the  purchase  of
   domestically produced personal protective equipment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 163-c to read as follows:
   §  163-C. PURCHASE OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIP-
 MENT.  ANY STATE AGENCY THAT  PURCHASES  PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE  EQUIPMENT
 SHALL,  TO  THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PURCHASE SUCH EQUIPMENT FROM A BUSI-
 NESS LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE AND SHALL UTILIZE  PREFERRED  SOURCES
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR AT
 LEAST  THIRTY  PERCENT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL ORDER OF SUCH EQUIPMENT. IN THE
 EVENT A NEW YORK STATE BUSINESS OR  PREFERRED  SOURCE  IS  NOT  ABLE  TO
 SUPPLY  SUCH  EQUIPMENT  ANY  OTHER DOMESTICALLY LOCATED BUSINESS MAY BE
 UTILIZED TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 160 of the state finance law, as amended
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2012, is amended and a new subdivision  11
 is added to read as follows:
   9.  "State  agency"  or  "state agencies" means all state departments,
 boards, commissions, offices or institutions but excludes, however,  for
 the  purposes of subdivision five of section three hundred fifty-five of
 the education law, the state university of New York  and  excludes,  for
 the  purposes  of subdivision a of section sixty-two hundred eighteen of
 the education law, the city university of New York;  provided,  however,
 that  the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New
 York shall be subject  to  the  provisions  of  [section]  SECTIONS  one
 hundred  sixty-five-a  AND  ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE-C of this article.
 Furthermore, such term shall not include the legislature or the  judici-
 ary.
   11.  "PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO
 PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, AS SUCH TERM IS  DEFINED
 BY  SECTION  TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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