Senate Bill S4915

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the state procurement council

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  • 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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2013-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7148
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง161, St Fin L

2013-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the state procurement council.

2013-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4915

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 1, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, GRISANTI, LANZA, MAZIARZ, VALESKY, ZELDIN --
  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 the state procure-
  ment council

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the state
finance law, as amended by chapter 452 of the laws of 2012,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  a.  The state procurement council shall continuously strive to improve
the state's procurement process.  Such council shall consist of  twenty-
one  members,  including  the  commissioner,  the state comptroller, the
director of the budget, the chief diversity officer and the commissioner
of economic development, or their respective  designees;  seven  members
who shall be the heads of other large and small state agencies chosen by
the  governor,  or  their respective designees; one member, appointed by
the governor, representing a not-for-profit New York-based  organization
engaged  in  the  marketing  and/or promotion of New York grown farm and
agricultural products or a not-for-profit  New  York-based  organization
engaged  solely  in  the advocacy, marketing and/or promotion of organic
New York grown farm and agricultural products to be  limited  to  a  two
year  term;  and  eight  at  large  members  appointed as follows: three
appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be
a representative of local government and one of whom shall be  a  repre-
sentative  of  private  business;  three appointed by the speaker of the
assembly, one of whom shall be a representative of local government  and
one of whom shall be a representative of private business; one appointed
by the minority leader of the senate; and, one appointed by the minority
leader  of  the  assembly;  and  two  non-voting  observers appointed as
follows: one appointed by the temporary president of the senate and  one

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09921-01-3
              

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