New York A 6498: Provides a television writers' and directors' fees and salaries credit

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A06498 Summary:

BILL NOA06498 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMcDonough

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1020-b, 1020-f, 1020-cc & 1020-mm, Pub Auth L; amd §24, Exec L; amd §112, St Fin L

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Relates to contracts entered into by the Long Island Power Authority for emergency goods and services.

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BILL NOA06498 

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03/05/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06498 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6498

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the executive law and the
 state finance law, in relation to contracts entered into by the Long
 Island Power Authority for emergency goods and services

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1020-b of the public authorities law, as added by
 2 chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding two new subdivi-
 3 sions 25 and 26 to read as follows:
 4 25. "Short-term public power purchase agreement" shall denote
 5 contracts for the purchase, sale, or delivery of power or energy, fuel,
 6 costs and services ancillary thereto, or financial products related
 7 thereto, with a term of less than five years.
 8 26. "Contracts for emergency goods or services" shall denote contracts
 9 entered into for procurement of goods, services, or both, made to meet
 10 emergencies arising from unforeseen causes or to effect repairs to crit-
 11 ical infrastructure that are necessary to avoid delay in the delivery of
 12 critical services that could compromise the public welfare.
 13 § 2. Subdivision (h) of section 1020-f of the public authorities law,
 14 as added by chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 (h) To make and execute agreements, contracts and other instruments
 17 necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of
 18 the authority under this title, including contracts with any person,
 19 firm, corporation, municipality, state agency or other entity in accord-
 20 ance with the provisions of section one hundred three of the general
 21 municipal law, and all state agencies and all municipalities are hereby
 22 authorized to enter into and do all things necessary to perform any such
 23 agreement, contract or other instrument with the authority, except that
 24 (i) the authority's contracts, other than as specified in paragraph (ii)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10230-01-5

 A. 6498 2

 1 of this subdivision, shall only be subject to bidding requirements and
 2 pre-audit requirements whenever such contract exceeds an amount estab-
 3 lished by the comptroller in consultation with the authority, and (ii)
 4 the authority's contracts entered into for categories described in para-
 5 graphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision three of section twenty-eight
 6 hundred seventy-nine-a of this chapter, shall not be subject to the
 7 bidding requirements or pre-audit requirements of the comptroller pursu-
 8 ant to section one thousand twenty-mm of this title, but shall be
 9 entered into pursuant to guidelines and thresholds established by the
 10 comptroller in consultation with the authority. Any such contracts shall
 11 be filed with the comptroller within sixty days after their execution;
 12 § 3. Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law, as amended by
 13 section 11 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 14 read as follows:
 15 § 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the
 16 state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and
 17 the general municipal law. 1. (a) All contracts of the authority shall
 18 be subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to
 19 cont