NY State Assembly Bill 2023-A7327A

Assembly Bill A7327A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the discretionary purchasing threshold for certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in New York city

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to governmental operations
May 18, 2023	print number 7327a
May 18, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
May 17, 2023	referred to governmental operations

Bill Amendments

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2023-A7327 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:: New York City Charter
Laws Affected:: Amd §311, NYC Chart

2023-A7327 - Summary

Increases the discretionary purchasing threshold for certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in New York city to $1.5 million.

2023-A7327 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7327
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, the public authorities law and
   the New York city charter, in  relation  to  discretionary  purchasing
   thresholds  for certified   minority and  women-owned business  enter-
   prises

   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  from  small  business  concerns or those certified pursuant to
 article fifteen-A of the executive law and article three of  the  veter-
 ans'  services  law,  or  commodities or technology that are recycled or
 remanufactured in an amount not exceeding ONE MILLION five hundred thou-
 sand dollars without a formal competitive process AND STATE AGENCIES MAY
 ENTER INTO CONSTRUCTION OR PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE  CONTRACTS  WITH  THOSE
 CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND ARTICLE
 THREE   OF   THE   VETERANS' SERVICES LAW IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE
 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHOUT A FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROC-
 ESS, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10783-02-3

 A. 7327                             2
 
 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.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section
 2879 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 96 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) for the selection of such contractors on a competitive basis,  and
 provisions  relating  to  the circumstances under which the board may by
 resolution  waive  competition,  including,  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision  of  law  requiring  competition,  the  purchase  of  goods or
 services from small business concerns those  certified  as  minority  or
 women-owned business enterprises PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  THOSE CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE OF THE VETER-
 ANS'  SERVICES  LAW, or goods or technology that are recycled or remanu-
 factured, in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION five  hundred  thousand
 dollars  without  a  formal  competitive  process  AND THE ENTERING INTO
 CONSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE CERTIFIED  AS
 MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISES  PURSUANT TO   ARTICLE
 FIFTEEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THOSE CERTIFIED PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 THREE  OF  THE  VETERANS'  SERVICES  LAW  IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE
 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHOUT A FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROC-
 ESS;
   § 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York  city
 charter,  as  amended  by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. agencies may make procurements of goods, services and  construction
 for amounts not exceeding one million FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars from
 businesses  certified  as  minority  or women-owned business enterprises
 pursuant to section thirteen hundred  four  of  the  charter  without  a
 formal competitive process.
   §  4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 ments 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 therewith.

2023-A7327A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:: New York City Charter
Laws Affected:: Amd §311, NYC Chart

2023-A7327A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the discretionary purchasing threshold for certified minority and women-owned business enterprises in New York city to $1.5 million.

2023-A7327A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7327--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to  discretionary
   purchasing  thresholds  for certified  minority and  women-owned busi-
   ness  enterprises
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York
 city  charter, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. agencies may make procurements of goods, services and  construction
 for amounts not exceeding one million FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars from
 businesses  certified  as  minority  or women-owned business enterprises
 pursuant to section thirteen hundred  four  of  the  charter  without  a
 formal competitive process.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10783-03-3

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