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A06494 Summary:

A06494 Actions:

A06494 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:McDonald      
DATE:05/21/2024AYE/NAY:13/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
McDonald
Aye
Durso
Aye
Glick
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Kim
Aye
Beephan
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Slater
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Wallace
Excused
Raga
Aye
Simone
Aye
Shimsky
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/03/2024AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Excused
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/03/2024AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Excused
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Fahy
Aye

A06494 Floor Votes:

A06494 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A6494A
 
SPONSOR: Fahy

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to allowing for the
donation of personal property of the state to certain not-for-profit
organizations
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
 
Allows for the donation of personal property of the state to certain
not-for-profit organizations
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS::
 
Section 1: Amends subdivision 1 to section 167 of the state finance Law
to permit the donation of certain state property to approved not-forpro-
fit organizations with the consent of certain agency commissioners.
 
Section 2: Sets the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION::
 
Many surplus property programs administered by state agencies in New
York are antiquated and have unintended environmental consequences.  The
Office of General Services' surplus process for state assets requires
that excess property be offered for further state use within an agency;
to offer said property to other agencies if unclaimed within the origi-
nating agency; to offer said property to municipalities if the property
remains further unclaimed; and finally to offer such property for sale
at auction to the public if it remains unclaimed. If surplus property is
not sold at auction, current state policy requires that the property is
landfilled or incinerated if recycling options do not exist. This proc-
ess can result in the unnecessary disposal of property purchased with
state funds which oftentimes may have additional years of usefulness. By
allowing donations of unused state property to pre-approved non-profit
organizations, this legislation would allow New York to shrink the envi-
ronmental impact of excess state property while supporting charitable
organizations.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
 
New Bill
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATION::
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE::
 
This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A06494 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6494--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 12, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on  Govern-
          mental  Operations  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to allowing for the
          donation of personal property of the state to  certain  not-for-profit
          organizations
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 167 of the state finance  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  The head of a state agency having custody or control of such prop-
     4  erty, except vehicles, may: (a) dispose of such property  in  accordance
     5  with  applicable  express  statutory provisions, (b) reuse such property
     6  within the same state agency, (c) use the property in part payment on  a
     7  new item which may include, but shall not be limited to, use as a trade-
     8  in or use in a guaranteed brokerage arrangement, (d) with the consent of
     9  the  commissioner,  place such property in the custody or control of the
    10  office of general services for reuse by  other  state  agencies  or  for
    11  other  disposition,  or (e) where the fair market value of such property
    12  is less than an amount established from time to time by the  commission-
    13  er,  dispose  of  such  property by such means as the head of such state
    14  agency deems to be in the best interest of  the  state  or  donate  such
    15  property  to  a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that is up to date
    16  on their annual filings. Records of each disposition shall  be  retained
    17  by  the  state agency disposing of such property and shall be subject to
    18  audit. Where personal property has been purchased from special funds,  a
    19  state  agency,  upon  designation of the source of funds from which such
    20  property was purchased, may condition the disposal of such  property  on
    21  the  reimbursement of such special fund in the amount of the fair market
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10719-02-4
        A. 6494--A                          2
 
     1  value of such property.  All proceeds realized on sale or other transfer
     2  and not otherwise authorized to be deposited in a special fund, shall be
     3  deposited in the general fund of the state.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.