Senate Bill S661

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the products which may be purchased for public use

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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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2011-S661 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3460
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1642, A1018, A7936
2013-2014: S2161, A4013

2011-S661 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the products which may be purchased for public use by including renewable energy resources; increases the cost premium percentage for renewable energy generated in New York.

2011-S661 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   661

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to expanding  the
  products which may be purchased for public use

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

  Section 1. Section 104-a of the general municipal law, as  amended  by
chapter 468 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S  104-a.  Purchasing  of products for public use.  1. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section one hundred three of this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,
when  purchasing  products the officer, board or agency of any political
subdivision or of any district therein  charged  with  the  awarding  of
public  contracts  may,  wherever RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OR recycled
products meet contract specifications and the price of such products  is
reasonably  competitive, purchase such products. For the purpose of this
section [and until July first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-six,  "recycled
product" shall mean any product which has been manufactured from second-
ary  materials,  as  defined  in  subdivision one of section two hundred
sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets secondary  material
content  requirements  adopted  by  the office of general services under
subdivision one of  section  one  hundred  seventy-seven  of  the  state
finance  law  for  products  available  to  the political subdivision or
district under state contract or, if no such contract for  such  product
is  available,  any  product  which meets the secondary material content
requirements adopted by the political subdivision  or  district  thereof
with  respect to a specific commodity procurement by such entity. On and
after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,]:
  (A) "recycled product" shall mean[, for the purposes of this section,]
any product which is manufactured from secondary materials,  as  defined
in  subdivision  one  of  section  two hundred sixty-one of the economic

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

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