New York A 5659: Relates to the not-for-profit contracting advisory committee

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A05659 Summary:

BILL NOA05659 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02262

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SPONSORZinerman

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Woerner

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §179-aa, St Fin L

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Restructures the not-for-profit contracting advisory committee; provides for the issuance of additional reports.

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BILL NOA05659 

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02/19/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5659

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, BUTTENSCHON, WOERNER -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the not-for-profit
 contracting advisory committee

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

 1 Section 1. Section 179-aa of the state finance law, as amended by
 2 chapter 672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 179-aa. Advisory committee. 1. There is hereby established a not-
 4 for-profit contracting advisory committee. [The] Such advisory committee
 5 shall consist of [sixteen members which shall include eight appointed
 6 members, four to] seven members, three of which shall be appointed by
 7 the governor [who], each of whom shall be representatives of not-for-
 8 profit organizations providing services in the state, [and two] one each
 9 to be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the temporary
 10 president of the senate and speaker of the assembly, [and eight] the
 11 chair of the senate committee on procurements and contracts, and the
 12 chair of the assembly committee on governmental operations. Such members
 13 shall be appointed on staggered terms to ensure continuity and knowledge
 14 sharing. Eight additional non-voting members shall be appointed as ex
 15 officio members of the committee, [one each] designated from the follow-
 16 ing entities, the division of the budget, the department of law, the
 17 office of the state comptroller, and the education department. The
 18 governor [shall] may also designate an additional four non-voting ex
 19 officio members from [among] any of the following agencies, provided
 20 only one shall be designated per agency: the department of state, the
 21 office of children and family services, the office of temporary and
 22 disability assistance, the department of health, the office of mental
 23 hygiene, the office for people with developmental disabilities, and the
 24 department of labor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03575-01-5

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 1 2. The governor shall designate an appointee to serve as chair of the
 2 committee.
 3 3. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly [and upon its
 4 own initiative may: comment and] each calendar year. Such committee is
 5 authorized to promulgate by-laws they see fit in accordance with this
 6 section.
 7 4. (a) The advisory committee shall perform the following functions:
 8 (i) independently advise the governor, the legislature, the comp-
 9 troller and state agencies on the implementation and operation of this
 10 article, and provide expert comment, if requested by such on the imple-
 11 mentation and operation of the provisions contained within this article
 12 and issue an annual report on such, which shall be made publicly acces-
 13 sible;
 14 (ii) comment, monitor and report on the implementation and operation
 15 of the not-for-profit short-term revolving loan fund[; advise the gover-
 16 nor, comptroller and state agencies on the implementation and operation
 17 of this article; evaluate the benefits of requiring all state agencies
 18 to use standard contract language and the extent to which standard
 19 language may be effectively included in contracts with not-for-profit
 20 organizations; review annually the report of the office of the state
 21 comptroller made pursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine-bb of this
 22 article; and pr