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Archived: Legislative Session 2017–2018

  • The New York State Procurement Integrity Act – A.6355-A (Peoples-Stokes) / S.3984-A (DeFrancisco) – Enhances the integrity, transparency and accountability of the State’s procurement process by restoring the state comptroller’s independent contract oversight, requiring public authorities to comply with the state finance law relating to procurements, prohibiting certain third party contracts, authorizing the state comptroller to oversee certain contracts of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, prohibiting conflicts of interest by state officers and employees in state procurements, prohibiting conflicts of interest by state authority board members, officers and employees in authority procurements, requiring certification by state officers and employees of no undue influence, requiring certification by state authority board members, officers and employees of no undue influence, and establishing a state contractor and state authority contractor code of business ethics and conduct.
  • Constitutional Amendment on Debt – A.7288 (Farrell) – CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to article 7 of the constitution, in relation to authorization of debt to respond to acts of terrorism, a limit on the total amount of state-funded debt, and the refunding of state debts.
  • New York State Fiscal Reform and Accountability Act – A.7287 (Farrell) – Enacts the New York State Fiscal Reform and Accountability act; to amend the state finance law and the public authorities law, in relation to contents of the state budget and the capital financing and program plan; to repeal section 49 of the state finance law, relating to the segregation of lump sum appropriations; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the rainy day reserve fund (Part A); to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York state capital asset/infrastructure council (Part B); to amend the state finance law, in relation to limitations on state-funded debt; to repeal sections 67-a and 67-b of the state finance law, relating to limitations on state-supported debt; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part C).
  • Comptroller Authority to Audit Local Development Corporations (LDCs) – A.3047 (Magnarelli) / S.4827 (Marchione) – Relates to audits by the State Comptroller of certain organizations controlled by municipal corporations and certain other government entities.
  • Local Government Ethics – A.7317 (Magnarelli) – Strengthens the current conflict of interest and ethics laws covering local governments in a number of ways including, but not limited to, prohibiting municipal officers and employees from acting in relation to certain matters in which they or a relative have an interest and expanding the issues required to be addressed in local codes of ethics to include nepotism.
  • Fire Protection Contracts – Signed into law on September 12, 2017 as Chapter 294 of the Laws of 2017 – A.7089 (Magnarelli) / S.5785 (Marchione) – Increases transparency relating to the contract negotiation process for fire protection contracts between incorporated fire companies and fire districts, towns or villages.
  • Employer Graded Rate Contribution Calculation – Signed into law on June 27, 2017 as Chapter 48 of the Laws of 2017 – A.2384 (Abbate) / S.4759 (Golden) – Provides employers with a tailored graded contribution rate when amortizing a portion of their contributions to the retirement system.
  • Retirement Contribution Borrowing Limits – Signed into law on September 12, 2017 as Chapter 303 of the Laws of 2017 – A.8093 (Abbate) / S.6391 (Golden) – Establishes a cap on the amount that certain Tier 6 members of the New York State and Local Retirement System may borrow against retirement contributions.
  • Standardizing Overtime Reporting – Signed into law on October 23, 2017 as Chapter 368 of the Laws of 2017 – A.8092 (Abbate) / S.5256-A (Golden) – Standardizes the reporting period for which the overtime limit is calculated for certain members of the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirements System..
  • Abandoned Property; Technical Cleanup Proposal – A.1881 (Farrell) – Makes a variety of technical amendments to the abandoned property law.
  • Natural Gas Damage Compensation Fund – A.2972 (Englebright) – Establishes the natural gas production contamination response and compensation program; and creates the New York natural gas production contamination damage recovery and remediation fund.
  • Direct Deposit for New State Employees – A.3136 (Abbate) / S.4760 (Golden) – Requires the payment of salaries by direct deposit for state employees hired after January 1, 2018.
  • Placement Agent Ban – A.3137 (Abbate) / S.4761 (Golden) – Codifies the current OSC policy which bans the use of placement agents, paid intermediaries and registered lobbyists in obtaining investments with the Common Retirement Fund.
  • Pre-Audit - State Insurance Fund – Vetoed on November 29, 2017 - Veto Memo 182 – A.7865 (Simon) / S.4725 (Seward) – Relates to the pre-audit of expenditures from the state insurance fund by the state comptroller; repealer.
  • Omnibus Procurement Amendments – A.8156 (Peoples-Stokes) / S.6452 (DeFrancisco) – Relates to participation by state agencies in a system used by the comptroller to compile vendor responsibility information; defining information technology for procurement purposes; clarifying the use of best and final offers for invitations for bids and requests for proposals for goods, services and technology; clarifying the use of contracts let by another governmental agency; and clarifying the valuation of non-cash contracts by the state comptroller.
  • Ethical Standards for State Agency Contractors Act – A.7916 (Peoples-Stokes) – Establishes ethical standards for certain state agency contractors performing inherently governmental and mission-critical functions or rendering a service or services pursuant to an information-risk contract.
  • New York Retirement Systems Appropriation – Vetoed on December 21, 2018 – Veto Memo 306 – A.10832 (Weinstein)/S.8871 (Young) - Makes an appropriation for payment of services and expenses related to the administration of the New York Retirement Systems.
  • College Choice Tuition Savings Program Appropriation – A.10833 (Weinstein)/S.8811 (Young) – Makes an appropriation for payment of services and expenses related to the administration of the College Choice Tuition Savings Program.
  • Audit Response Timeframe – A.11012 Rules (Peoples-Stokes) – Relates to the timeframe for the implementation of recommendations included within final reports for corrective action.

Archived: Legislative Session 2015 –2016