STATE OF NEW YORK
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7055
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public authorities law, in
relation to prohibiting any governmental entity from outsourcing any
function which can be performed by such entity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-i
2 to read as follows:
3 § 170-i. Outsourcing prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section,
4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (a) "Governmental entity" shall mean: (i) any agency, department,
6 board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or offi-
7 cer of the state, whether permanent or temporary; (ii) each house of the
8 state legislature; (iii) the unified court system; (iv) any public
9 authority, public benefit corporation or commission created by or exist-
10 ing pursuant to the public authorities law; (v) any public authority or
11 public benefit corporation, at least one of whose members is appointed
12 by the governor or who serves as a member by virtue of holding a civil
13 office of the state; (vi) a subsidiary or affiliate of such a public
14 authority; (vii) any municipality of the state or any political subdivi-
15 sion thereof; (viii) a municipal agency, as that term is defined in
16 paragraph (ii) of subdivision (s) of section one-c of the legislative
17 law; or (ix) the state university of New York or the city university of
18 New York.
19 (b) "Outsource" shall mean the act of a governmental entity contract-
20 ing with another entity to perform a function able to be performed by
21 such governmental entity.
22 2. No governmental entity shall outsource any function which could be
23 performed by such governmental entity unless such outsourcing is specif-
24 ically authorized by law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. Any governmental entity which outsourced any function prior to the
2 effective date of this section, where such outsourcing was implemented
3 without specific statutory approval, shall be prohibited from previous
4 and further outsourcing on and after January first next succeeding the
5 effective date of this section. Such governmental entity shall ensure
6 any and all materials and copies thereof used by the entity the function
7 was outsourced to are returned to the governmental entity or destroyed.
8 § 2. Article 1 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
9 new title 3 to read as follows:
10 TITLE 3
11 MISCELLANEOUS
12 Section 10. Outsourcing prohibited.
13 § 10. Outsourcing prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
14 following terms shall have the following meanings:
15 (a) "Governmental entity" shall mean: (i) any agency, state authority,
16 local authority, interstate or international authority, authorities
17 budget office, department, board, bureau, commission, division, office,
18 council, committee or officer of the state, whether permanent or tempo-
19 rary; (ii) each house of the state legislature; (iii) the unified court
20 system; (iv) any public authority, public benefit corporation or commis-
21 sion created by or existing pursuant to the public authorities law; (v)
22 any public authority or public benefit corporation, at least one of
23 whose members is appointed by the governor or who serves as a member by
24 virtue of holding a civil office of the state; (vi) a subsidiary or
25 affiliate of such a public authority; (vii) any municipality of the
26 state or any political subdivision thereof; (viii) a municipal agency,
27 as that term is defined in paragraph (ii) of subdivision (s) of section
28 one-c of the legislative law; (ix) the state university of New York or
29 the city university of New York; or (x) any subsidiary thereof.
30 (b) "Outsource" shall mean the act of a governmental entity contract-
31 ing with another entity to perform a function able to be performed by
32 such governmental entity.
33 2. No governmental entity shall outsource any function which could be
34 performed by such governmental entity unless such outsourcing is specif-
35 ically authorized by law.
36 3. Any governmental entity which outsourced any function prior to the
37 effective date of this section, where such outsourcing was implemented
38 without specific statutory approval, shall be prohibited from further
39 outsourcing on and after January first next succeeding the effective
40 date of this section. Such governmental entity shall ensure any and all
41 materials and copies thereof used by the entity the function was
42 outsourced to are returned to the governmental entity or destroyed.
43 § 3. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall
44 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
45 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
46 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
47 on or before such effective date.
