A11201 • 2025

Relates to centralized contracts for services

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Sponsor: Michaelle C. Solages
Last action: 2026-05-01
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to centralized contracts for services

Relates to centralized contracts for services Amends provisions of law from making it mandatory to optional that where the purchase of services by state agencies be conducted in a manner that accords second priority to centralized contracts meeting form, function and utility required by such agency, third priority to agency or multi-agency contracts and fourth priority to other means of contracting.

What This Bill Does

Relates to centralized contracts for services Amends provisions of law from making it mandatory to optional that where the purchase of services by state agencies be conducted in a manner that accords second priority to centralized contracts meeting form, function and utility required by such agency, third priority to agency or multi-agency contracts and fourth priority to other means of contracting.

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Bill History

2026-05-01 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Relates to centralized contracts for services
Amends provisions of law from making it mandatory to optional that where the purchase of services by state agencies be conducted in a manner that accords second priority to centralized contracts meeting form, function and utility required by such agency, third priority to agency or multi-agency contracts and fourth priority to other means of contracting.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11201

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 1, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the  state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  centralized
          contracts for services

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section
     2  163 of the state finance law, as amended by section 7 of part L of chap-
     3  ter 55 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) Centralized contracts for services may be procured by  the  office
     5  of general services at the request of state agencies or as determined by
     6  the  commissioner.  The  purchase  of services by state agencies, except
     7  state agencies where the head of the agency  is  not  appointed  by  the
     8  governor,  including  but not limited to the state education department,
     9  the department of law, and the department of audit and control,  [shall]
    10  MAY be conducted in a manner that accords second priority to centralized
    11  contracts  meeting  form,  function and utility required by said agency,
    12  third priority to  agency  or  multi-agency  established  contracts  and
    13  fourth priority to other means of contracting.
    14    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    15  the amendments to section 163 of the state finance law made  by  section
    16  one  of  this  act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall
    17  expire and be deemed repealed therewith.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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