Bill Text: NY A04440 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the inclusion of confidential clauses in contracts entered into for the purchase of services or commodities by the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A04440 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04440-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4440

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
                                       ___________

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

        AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the
          inclusion of confidential clauses in contracts entered  into  for  the
          purchase of services or commodities by the state

          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 3 of section 163  of  the  state
     2  finance  law  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (viii) Consistent with guidelines  issued  by  the  state  procurement
     5  council,  no  state  agency  shall  include  any confidential clauses in
     6  contracts with the state. As used  in  this  subparagraph  "confidential
     7  clause" includes any clause not made available to the public through the
     8  procurement  opportunities  newsletter  described in section one hundred
     9  forty-two of the economic development law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    11  ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
    12  that the amendments to section 163 of the  state  finance  law  made  by
    13  section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
    14  shall be deemed to be  repealed  therewith.  Effective  immediately  the
    15  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    16  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    17  to be made and completed on or before such date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01689-01-1