Senate Bill S8937A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts 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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2023-S8937 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9544
Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, St Fin L

2023-S8937 - Summary

Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.

2023-S8937 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8937 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8937
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  preferred  source
   status  for  entities  that provide employment and services to certain
   persons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 162 of the state finance law, as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Purpose. To advance special social  and  economic  goals,  selected
 providers  shall  have  preferred  source  status  for  the  purposes of
 procurement in accordance with the provisions of this section.  Procure-
 ment from  these  providers  shall  be  exempted  from  the  competitive
 procurement  provisions of section one hundred sixty-three of this arti-
 cle and other competitive procurement  statutes.  Such  exemption  shall
 apply  to  commodities  produced,  manufactured  or assembled, including
 those repackaged, ASSEMBLED OR FULFILLED to meet the form, function  and
 utility  required  by  state  agencies,  in New York state and, where so
 designated, services provided by those sources in accordance  with  this
 section.
   §  2. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state finance
 law, as amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   d.  Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-
 profit-making agency for other disabled persons AND/OR  FORMERLY  INCAR-
 CERATED PERSONS approved for such purposes by the commissioner of educa-
 tion, or incorporated under the laws of this state and approved for such
 purposes by the commissioner of education;
   §  2-a.  Paragraph  d  of  subdivision  2  of section 162 of the state
 finance law, as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2002,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   d.  Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-
 profit-making agency for other severely disabled persons AND/OR FORMERLY
 INCARCERATED PERSONS approved for such purposes by the  commissioner  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S8937A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9544
Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §162, St Fin L

2023-S8937A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes entities that provide employment or services to formerly incarcerated persons in the preferred source exemption for purposes of state purchasing.

2023-S8937A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8937A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8937--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the Committee on Procurement and
   Contracts -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to preferred source
   status for entities that provide employment and  services  to  certain
   persons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 162 of the state finance  law,  as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Purpose.  To  advance  special social and economic goals, selected
 providers shall  have  preferred  source  status  for  the  purposes  of
 procurement in accordance with the provisions of this section.  Procure-
 ment  from  these  providers  shall  be  exempted  from  the competitive
 procurement provisions of section one hundred sixty-three of this  arti-
 cle  and  other  competitive  procurement statutes. Such exemption shall
 apply to commodities  produced,  manufactured  or  assembled,  including
 those  repackaged, ASSEMBLED OR FULFILLED to meet the form, function and
 utility required by state agencies, in New  York  state  and,  where  so
 designated,  services  provided by those sources in accordance with this
 section.
   § 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 162 of the state  finance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   d. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable  non-
 profit-making  agency  for other disabled persons AND/OR FORMERLY INCAR-
 CERATED PERSONS approved for such purposes by the commissioner of educa-
 tion, or incorporated under the laws of this state and approved for such
 purposes by the commissioner of education;
   § 2-a. Paragraph d of subdivision  2  of  section  162  of  the  state
 finance  law,  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2002, is amended
 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13984-04-4
              

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