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A01532 Summary:

BILL NOA01532
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05175
 
SPONSORWallace
 
COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§163 & 112, St Fin L
 
Exempts the review of certain contracts from suspension of certain laws during a state disaster emergency.
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A01532 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A1532
 
SPONSOR: Wallace
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to exempting the review of certain contracts from suspension of certain laws during a state disaster emergency   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that the office of the state comptroller's authority to review state contracts prior to ratification, under sections 112 and 163 of the state finance law, remains intact during a state disaster emergency that extends beyond 30 days.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends § 112 of the state finance law, providing this section of law is not subject to the governor's authority under § 29-a of the executive law to extend the suspension of laws beyond thirty days. Section two mirrors the provisions of section one and makes them appli- cable to § 163 of the state finance law. Section three of the bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Living under a declared state disaster emergency has become a new normal for New Yorkers. With increasing regularity, declared state disaster emergencies are extending well beyond 30 days, enabling state agencies to routinely enter into contracts worth tens of millions of dollars without the review by the office of the state comptroller that state law would otherwise require outside a disaster emergency. While giving state agencies the flexibility they need to address critical emergencies is important, it should not come at the expense of governmental oversight and accountability.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-2022: A10590/S8062 - Referred to Governmental Operations/Passed Senate   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Undetermined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 163 of the state finance law made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
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A01532 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1532
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  exempting  the
          review  of  certain contracts from suspension of certain laws during a
          state disaster emergency

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 163 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  the
     4  provisions of this section are not subject to the  governor's  authority
     5  under  section  twenty-nine-a of the executive law to extend the suspen-
     6  sion of laws beyond thirty days.
     7    § 2. Section 112 of the state finance law is amended by adding  a  new
     8  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     9    5.   Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  the
    10  provisions of this section are not subject to the  governor's  authority
    11  under  section  twenty-nine-a of the executive law to extend the suspen-
    12  sion of laws beyond thirty days.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    14  the  amendments  to section 163 of the state finance law made by section
    15  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
    16  deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01307-01-3
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