STATE OF NEW YORK
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7065--A
IN SENATE
April 26, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for joint or
group purchasing of goods for state university health care facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 355 of the educa-
2 tion law, as amended by section 1 of subpart C of part D of chapter 58
3 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section one
5 hundred twelve of the state finance law, subdivision six of section one
6 hundred sixty-three of the state finance law and section sixty-three of
7 the executive law (i) authorize contracts for the purchase of goods for
8 state university health care facilities without prior approval by any
9 other state officer or agency, including contracts for joint or group
10 purchasing arrangements of goods, in accordance with procedures and
11 requirements found in paragraph a of subdivision five of this section,
12 and (ii) authorize contracts for services which do not exceed seventy-
13 five thousand dollars without prior approval by any other state officer
14 or agency in accordance with procedures and requirements found in para-
15 graph [a] a-1 of subdivision five of this section. In addition, state
16 university health care facilities are authorized to enter into joint or
17 group purchasing arrangements for goods, which arrangements and the
18 purchasing of goods through such arrangements shall not be subject to
19 the provisions of section one hundred twelve of the state finance law,
20 section sixty-three of the executive law, section one hundred sixty-
21 three of the state finance law, article four-C of the economic develop-
22 ment law, or paragraphs a and a-1 of subdivision five of this section.
23 Contracts authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to
24 article fourteen of the civil service law and the applicable provisions
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of agreements between the state and employee organizations pursuant to
2 article fourteen of the civil service law.
3 The trustees are authorized to negotiate annually with the state comp-
4 troller increases in the aforementioned dollar limits.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
6 ments to paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 355 of the education
7 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of
8 such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
