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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4855--A
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 27, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  DILAN,  GALLIVAN,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,
          OPPENHEIMER, VALESKY -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed  to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.  8  --
          committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules

          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to membership on  the
          state procurement council
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 161  of  the  state
     2  finance  law,  as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    a. The state procurement council shall continuously strive to  improve
     5  the  state's procurement process. Such council shall consist of [twenty]
     6  twenty-one members, including the commissioner, the  state  comptroller,
     7  the  director of the budget, the chief diversity officer and the commis-

     8  sioner of economic development, or  their  respective  designees;  seven
     9  members  who  shall be the heads of other large and small state agencies
    10  chosen by the governor,  or  their  respective  designees;  one  member,
    11  appointed  by the governor, representing a not-for-profit New York-based
    12  organization engaged in the marketing and/or promotion of New York grown
    13  farm and agricultural products or a not-for-profit New York-based organ-
    14  ization engaged solely in the advocacy, marketing  and/or  promotion  of
    15  organic New York grown farm and agricultural products to be limited to a
    16  two  year  term;  and eight at large members appointed as follows: three
    17  appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be
    18  a representative of local government and one of whom shall be  a  repre-

    19  sentative  of  private  business;  three appointed by the speaker of the
    20  assembly, one of whom shall be a representative of local government  and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  one of whom shall be a representative of private business; one appointed
     2  by the minority leader of the senate; and, one appointed by the minority
     3  leader  of  the  assembly;  and  two  non-voting  observers appointed as
     4  follows:  one appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one
     5  appointed by the speaker of the assembly. The non-voting observers shall
     6  be provided, contemporaneously, all documentation and materials distrib-

     7  uted to members. The council shall be chaired by  the  commissioner  and
     8  shall meet at least quarterly.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.