Assembly Bill A714

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the approval of certain public authorities contracts by the state comptroller

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A714 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2879-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2799
2015-2016: A1007
2017-2018: A1131
2019-2020: A898
2021-2022: A1563
2023-2024: A431

2025-A714 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the approval of certain public authorities' contracts by the state comptroller.

2025-A714 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    714
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROSENTHAL, HYNDMAN, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the  approval
   of certain public authorities contracts by the state comptroller

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2879-a of the  public  authorities
 law,  as added by chapter 506 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Except as set forth in subdivision three of this section, where the
 comptroller determines pursuant  to  [his  or  her]  SUCH  COMPTROLLER'S
 authority  to  supervise  the  accounts  of  public  corporations,  that
 contracts or categories of contracts in excess of  one  million  dollars
 [(a)]  to  be  awarded  by a state authority [to a single source, a sole
 source or pursuant to any  other  method  of  procurement  that  is  not
 competitive, or (b) which are to be paid in whole or in part from monies
 appropriated  by  the  state  to  a state authority for such contractual
 expenditure], require supervision  in  the  form  of  prior  review  and
 approval of such contracts, and the comptroller so notifies such author-
 ity  of  such  determination, then any such contract entered into subse-
 quent to such notification shall be submitted  to  the  comptroller  for
 [his  or  her]  SUCH  COMPTROLLER'S  approval  and  shall not be a valid
 enforceable contract unless it shall first have  been  approved  by  the
 comptroller.   Such   notification   shall   identify  the  process  for
 submission, the categories of contracts at issue and the time period for
 which such submission is to take place. The comptroller shall promulgate
 such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out [his or her]
 SUCH COMPTROLLER'S responsibilities under this  section,  including  but
 not  limited  to  the  standards for determining which contracts will be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02628-01-5

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