Assembly Bill A7075

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the state discretionary buying threshold without a formal competitive process for certain commodities from certain businesses

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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

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2023-A7075 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7100
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-A7075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the state discretionary buying threshold without a formal competitive process for certain commodities from certain businesses, including construction services.

2023-A7075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7075
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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
 separately amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter  56  and  chapter
 572 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
 by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
 and commodities for the office of general services or its customer agen-
 cies serviced by the office of general services business services center
 in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars without a formal
 competitive  process;  state  agencies may purchase services and commod-
 ities in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars without a formal
 competitive process; and state  agencies  may  purchase  commodities  or
 services,  INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, from small business concerns
 or those certified pursuant to article fifteen-A of  the  executive  law
 and article three of the veterans' services law, or commodities or tech-
 nology  that  are  recycled or remanufactured in an amount not exceeding
 ONE MILLION five hundred thousand dollars without a  formal  competitive
 process  and  for  commodities  that  are  food, including milk and milk
 products, or animal or plant fiber products, grown, 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 the effec-
 tive date of section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2022
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11132-01-3

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