Senate Bill S3106

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S3106 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §167, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6431

2025-S3106 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit organizations that are up to date on annual filings.

2025-S3106 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3106
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MAY, WEBB -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to allowing  for  the
   donation  of  personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit
   organizations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 167 of the state finance law, as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The head of a state agency having custody or control of such  prop-
 erty,  except  vehicles, may: (a) dispose of such property in accordance
 with applicable express statutory provisions, (b)  reuse  such  property
 within  the same state agency, (c) use the property in part payment on a
 new item which may include, but shall not be limited to, use as a trade-
 in or use in a guaranteed brokerage arrangement, (d) with the consent of
 the commissioner, place such property in the custody or control  of  the
 office  of  general  services  for  reuse by other state agencies or for
 other disposition, or (e) where the fair market value of  such  property
 is  less than an amount established from time to time by the commission-
 er, dispose of such property by such means as the  head  of  such  state
 agency  deems  to  be  in  the best interest of the state OR DONATE SUCH
 PROPERTY TO A 501(C)(3) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS UP  TO  DATE
 ON  THEIR  ANNUAL FILINGS. Records of each disposition shall be retained
 by the state agency disposing of such property and shall be  subject  to
 audit.  Where personal property has been purchased from special funds, a
 state agency, upon designation of the source of funds  from  which  such
 property  was  purchased, may condition the disposal of such property on
 the reimbursement of such special fund in the amount of the fair  market
 value of such property.  All proceeds realized on sale or other transfer
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03178-01-5
 S. 3106                             2

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