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BILL NUMBER:S7423
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to preventing boards of cooperative educational services from providing certain services
Purpose
To prohibit the state funded BOCES from bidding on contracts or providing commercial printing services and unfairly competing with private New York printing businesses.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law to prohibit boards of cooperative educational services from bidding, quoting contracting or otherwise providing commercial printing services or direct mail printing services.
Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date.
Justification
The Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) is a public organ-Entity and its operation(s) are funded by New York State taxpayers.
When BOCES bids for contracts against local print shops which are often small businesses in our communities and owned by a New York State taxpayers, that person or entity is placed in the unfair position essentially bidding against themselves. The taxpayer subsidized entity often can underbid such businesses because of the use of taxpayer funds. This legislation would prohibit BOCES from bidding on contracts against privately owned businesses in the field of printing.
Prior legislative history
S.8441 of 2009/2010
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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