Permits the Setauket fire district to enter into contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for services and other consideration without public bidding.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9756
SPONSOR: Flood TITLE OF BILL:
An act relating to permitting the Setauket fire district to enter into
contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for
services and other consideration without public bidding
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The intent of this legislation is to allow Setauket fire district to
store a surplus truck on the campus of Stony Brook University
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: states that the Setauket fire district may enter into agree-
ments and/or contract with SUNY Stony Brook. Further sets out what
provision of services these agreements and/or contracts can include but
not be limited to. Lastly, states that contracts entered under this
section can be facilitated via direct negotiations and shall not be
subject to section 103 of the general municipal law or section 176 of
the town law. Section 2: this act shall take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Setauket Fire District has recently acquired a new fire truck, which
has made one of their older fire trucks a surplus to their needs. To
mitigate the unnecessary space this surplus truck would take at the
department, they entered into a memorandum of understanding with Stony
Brook University (located within their fire district). The laws pertain-
ing to which municipalities are permitted to contract with the state
agencies such as SUNY, does not include fire districts.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9756
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. FLOOD -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT relating to permitting the Setauket fire district to enter into
contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for
services and other consideration without public bidding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
2 Setauket fire district may enter into agreements and/or contracts with
3 the state university of New York at Stony Brook. Such agreements and/or
4 contracts entered into pursuant to this section may be for the recipro-
5 cal provision of services or other consideration of approximately equiv-
6 alent value including, but not limited to, routine and/or emergency
7 services, moneys, equipment, materials, buildings and facilities; or a
8 commitment to provide future routine and/or emergency services, moneys,
9 equipment, materials, buildings or facilities. Any such contract may be
10 entered into by direct negotiations and shall not be subject to the
11 provisions of section 103 of the general municipal law or section 176 of
12 the town law.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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