Assembly Bill A7807

2017-2018 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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  • 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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2017-A7807 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A7779

2017-A7807 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A7807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7807
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JENNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 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,
 may make such purchases or contract for such services through the use of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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