New York A 506: Relates to prohibitions on circus performances

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A00506 Summary:

BILL NOA00506 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02075

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRSimone, Simon, Raga, Hevesi, Levenberg, Sayegh, Burdick, Shimsky, Otis, Gibbs, Taylor, Zaccaro,
 Davila, Rosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§179-q, 179-t & 179-bb, St Fin L

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Defines noncompliant state agency; provides for timelines and procedures for state agency contracts involving not-for-profit corporations.

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BILL NOA00506 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SIMONE, SIMON, RAGA, HEVESI, LEVENBERG,
 SAYEGH, BURDICK, SHIMSKY, OTIS, GIBBS, TAYLOR, ZACCARO, DAVILA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to state agency
 contracts with not-for-profit corporations

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 179-q of the state finance law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
 3 15. "Noncompliant state agency" means a state agency that has failed
 4 to execute certain contracts within required time frames.
 5 § 2. Section 179-t of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 6 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 7 4-a. A state agency shall be deemed to be noncompliant if, for six of
 8 the last twelve preceding months, it has (a) failed to submit any
 9 renewal contracts to the attorney general within the time frame required
 10 by subdivision four of this section when not-for-profit organizations
 11 are parties to such contracts and a written directive has been issued,
 12 (b) failed to submit any renewal contracts to the attorney general prior
 13 to commencement when not-for-profit organizations are parties to such
 14 contracts, and/or (c) in any other manner failed to fully execute a
 15 contract before its start date.
 16 § 3. Section 179-bb of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 17 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 18 4. (a) A noncompliant state agency shall prepare and transmit to the
 19 office of the state comptroller, by the end of every month for which it
 20 is noncompliant, a report addressing those renewal contracts which have
 21 not been submitted to the attorney general within the time frame
 22 required by subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-nine-t of
 23 this article. In addition, such agency shall provide notification

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01999-01-5

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 1 regarding the submission of such report to the not-for-profit organiza-
 2 tion it is contracting with. Such report shall (i) describe the
 3 contracts that have not been submitted, (ii) detail the reasons the
 4 contract has not been submitted, (iii) detail the steps the agency is
 5 taking to submit and fully execute the contract, and (iv) provide an
 6 estimate of when it shall submit and fully execute the contract. The
 7 agency shall also make such reports publicly accessible on its website.
 8 (b) Within six months of becoming a noncompliant state agency, such
 9 agency shall prepare and transmit to the office of the state comp-
 10 troller, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
 11 assembly, a report describing its efforts to become compliant with the
 12 requirements of section one hundred seventy-nine-t of this article. Such
 13 report shall describe in detail efforts to revise internal policies and
 14 procedures, identify bottlenecks and other barriers to efficient
 15 contracting, retrain staff and management, incorporate improved manage-
 16 ment practices, reform procurement processes, and any other factor which
 17 will enable the agency to meet the requirements of section one hundred
 18 seventy-nine-t of this article as related to not-for-profit organiza-
 19