N.Y. Transportation Law § 31-a: Purchase through the state division of standards and purchase in the office of general services by certain not-for-profit corporations

§ 31-a. Purchase through the state division of standards and purchase

in the office of general services by certain not-for-profit

corporations. A corporation, incorporated under the not-for-profit

corporation law of the state of New York and approved by the federal

government as a recipient of federal funds for the acquisition of

equipment to provide transportation services to the elderly and/or

handicapped, may make purchases, upon the written approval of the

department of transportation, of special vehicles and/or radio equipment

pursuant to the terms of contracts let by the state division of

standards and purchase in the office of general services subject to such

rules as may be established from time to time pursuant to section one

hundred sixty-three of the state finance law which may establish

limitations with respect to commodities and impose such other

appropriate conditions upon purchasing as deemed necessary by the

commissioner of general services in order to protect the state's own

purchasing interests; provided that each such purchase shall have a cost

of five hundred dollars or more and that said corporation shall accept

sole responsibility for any payment of such cost due the vendor.