NY State Assembly Bill 2015-A7779A

Assembly Bill A7779A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipal housing authorities to engage in shared purchasing contracts with the state, political subdivisions and other municipal housing authorities

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 29, 2016	referred to local government delivered to senate passed assembly
Jan 06, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.313 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 18, 2015	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 17, 2015	ordered to third reading rules cal.578 rules report cal.578 reported
Jun 16, 2015	reported referred to rules
Jun 15, 2015	reported referred to ways and means
Jun 09, 2015	print number 7779a
Jun 09, 2015	amend (t) and recommit to local governments
May 27, 2015	referred to local governments

Bill Amendments

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2015-A7779 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S5384
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A7807

2015-A7779 - Summary

Authorizes municipal housing authorities to engage in shared purchasing contracts with the state, political subdivisions and other municipal housing authorities.

2015-A7779 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7779

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  providing
  municipal  housing authorities greater flexibility and cost savings by
  permitting certain shared purchasing among political subdivisions  and
  municipal housing authorities; and to amend chapter 308 of the laws of
  2012,  amending  the general municipal law relating to providing local
  governments greater contract flexibility and cost savings  by  permit-
  ting  certain  shared  purchasing  among  political  subdivisions,  in
  relation to making the provisions thereof permanent

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  497 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  16. Notwithstanding ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  INCLUDING
the  provisions  of subdivisions one, two and three of this section, and
section one hundred four of this article, any officer, board  or  agency
of a political subdivision or of any district therein, OR OF A MUNICIPAL
HOUSING  AUTHORITY authorized to make purchases of apparatus, materials,
equipment or supplies, or  to  contract  for  services  related  to  the
installation,  maintenance or repair of apparatus, materials, equipment,
and supplies, may make such purchases, or may contract for such services
related to the installation, maintenance or repair of apparatus, materi-
als, equipment, and supplies, as  may  be  required  by  such  political
subdivision  or district therein, OR MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY through
the use of a contract let by the United States of America or any  agency
thereof,  any  state  [or],  any other political subdivision or district
therein, OR MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY if such contract was let to  the
lowest  responsible  bidder  or  on  the basis of best value in a manner
consistent with this section and made available for use by other govern-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10549-01-5

A. 7779                             2

mental entities; provided, however, that  no  political  subdivision  or
district therein, OR MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, other than a city with
a  population  of one million or more inhabitants or any district, board
or agency with jurisdiction exclusively therein, may make such purchases
or  contract for such services through the use of such a contract let on
the basis of best value in a manner consistent with this section  unless
the  political subdivision [or], district OR MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
shall first adopt a local law, rule, regulation or  resolution,  as  the
case  may  be,  pursuant to subdivision one of this section, authorizing
the use of best value for awarding purchase contracts.
  The  authority  provided  to  political  subdivisions  and   districts
therein,  AND MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES pursuant to this subdivision
shall not relieve  any  obligation  of  such  political  subdivision  or
district  therein to comply with any applicable minority and women-owned
business enterprise program mandates and the preferred  source  require-
ments of section one hundred sixty-two of the state finance law.
  S 2. Section 2 of chapter 308 of the laws of 2012, amending the gener-
al  municipal  law  relating  to  providing  local  governments  greater
contract flexibility and  cost  savings  by  permitting  certain  shared
purchasing among political subdivisions, as amended by section 5 of part
G of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S  2. This act shall take effect immediately[, and shall expire and be
deemed repealed July 31, 2019].
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2015-A7779A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S5384
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A7807

2015-A7779A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipal housing authorities to engage in shared purchasing contracts with the state, political subdivisions and other municipal housing authorities.

2015-A7779A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7779--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to providing
  municipal housing authorities greater flexibility and cost savings  by
  permitting  certain shared purchasing among political subdivisions and
  municipal housing authorities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  497 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  16. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one, two and  three
of this section, and section one hundred four of this article, any offi-
cer, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district ther-
ein, OR OF A MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY authorized to make purchases of
apparatus, materials, equipment or supplies, or to contract for services
related to the installation, maintenance or repair of apparatus, materi-
als,  equipment,  and supplies, may make such purchases, or may contract
for such services related to the installation, maintenance or repair  of
apparatus,  materials,  equipment,  and  supplies, as may be required by
such political subdivision or district  therein,  OR  MUNICIPAL  HOUSING
AUTHORITY  through  the  use  of  a contract let by the United States of
America or any agency thereof,  any  state  [or],  any  other  political
subdivision  or district therein, OR MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY if such
contract was let to the lowest responsible bidder or  on  the  basis  of
best  value  in a manner consistent with this section and made available
for use by other governmental entities; provided, however, that no poli-
tical subdivision or district therein, OR MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITY,
other  than  a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants
or any district, board or agency with jurisdiction exclusively  therein,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10549-02-5

A. 7779--A                          2

may make such purchases or contract for such services through the use of
such  a  contract  let on the basis of best value in a manner consistent
with this section unless the political  subdivision  [or],  district  OR
MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITY shall first adopt a local law, rule, regu-
lation or resolution, as the case may be, pursuant to subdivision one of
this section, authorizing the use of best value  for  awarding  purchase
contracts.
  The   authority  provided  to  political  subdivisions  and  districts
therein, AND MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES pursuant to this  subdivision
shall  not  relieve  any  obligation  of  such  political subdivision or
district therein AND MUNICIPAL HOUSING  AUTHORITY  to  comply  with  any
applicable minority and women-owned business enterprise program mandates
and  the  preferred source requirements of section one hundred sixty-two
of the state finance law.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM
"MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY  OR  AUTHORITIES"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY
MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITY LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION OR MORE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the amendments to subdivision 16 of section 103 of the general municipal
law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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