New York Assembly Bill A07055 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7055 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law and the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting any governmental entity from outsourcing any function which can be performed by such entity The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-i 2 to read as follows: 3 § 170-i. Outsourcing prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "Governmental entity" shall mean: (i) any agency, department, 6 board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or offi- 7 cer of the state, whether permanent or temporary; (ii) each house of the 8 state legislature; (iii) the unified court system; (iv) any public 9 authority, public benefit corporation or commission created by or exist- 10 ing pursuant to the public authorities law; (v) any public authority or 11 public benefit corporation, at least one of whose members is appointed 12 by the governor or who serves as a member by virtue of holding a civil 13 office of the state; (vi) a subsidiary or affiliate of such a public 14 authority; (vii) any municipality of the state or any political subdivi- 15 sion thereof; (viii) a municipal agency, as that term is defined in 16 paragraph (ii) of subdivision (s) of section one-c of the legislative 17 law; or (ix) the state university of New York or the city university of 18 New York. 19 (b) "Outsource" shall mean the act of a governmental entity contract- 20 ing with another entity to perform a function able to be performed by 21 such governmental entity. 22 2. No governmental entity shall outsource any function which could be 23 performed by such governmental entity unless such outsourcing is specif- 24 ically authorized by law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09586-01-5 
 A. 7055 2 1 3. Any governmental entity which outsourced any function prior to the 2 effective date of this section, where such outsourcing was implemented 3 without specific statutory approval, shall be prohibited from previous 4 and further outsourcing on and after January first next succeeding the 5 effective date of this section. Such governmental entity shall ensure 6 any and all materials and copies thereof used by the entity the function 7 was outsourced to are returned to the governmental entity or destroyed. 8 § 2. Article 1 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 9 new title 3 to read as follows: 10 TITLE 3 11 MISCELLANEOUS 12 Section 10. Outsourcing prohibited. 13 § 10. Outsourcing prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, the 14 following terms shall have the following meanings: 15 (a) "Governmental entity" shall mean: (i) any agency, state authority, 16 local authority, interstate or international authority, authorities 17 budget office, department, board, bureau, commission, division, office, 18 council, committee or officer of the state, whether permanent or tempo- 19 rary; (ii) each house of the state legislature; (iii) the unified court 20 system; (iv) any public authority, public benefit corporation or commis- 21 sion created by or existing pursuant to the public authorities law; (v) 22 any public authority or public benefit corporation, at least one of 23 whose members is appointed by the governor or who serves as a member by 24 virtue of holding a civil office of the state; (vi) a subsidiary or 25 affiliate of such a public authority; (vii) any municipality of the 26 state or any political subdivision thereof; (viii) a municipal agency, 27 as that term is defined in paragraph (ii) of subdivision (s) of section 28 one-c of the legislative law; (ix) the state university of New York or 29 the city university of New York; or (x) any subsidiary thereof. 30 (b) "Outsource" shall mean the act of a governmental entity contract- 31 ing with another entity to perform a function able to be performed by 32 such governmental entity. 33 2. No governmental entity shall outsource any function which could be 34 performed by such governmental entity unless such outsourcing is specif- 35 ically authorized by law. 36 3. Any governmental entity which outsourced any function prior to the 37 effective date of this section, where such outsourcing was implemented 38 without specific statutory approval, shall be prohibited from further 39 outsourcing on and after January first next succeeding the effective 40 date of this section. Such governmental entity shall ensure any and all 41 materials and copies thereof used by the entity the function was 42 outsourced to are returned to the governmental entity or destroyed. 43 § 3. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall 44 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 45 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 46 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 47 on or before such effective date.