Senate Bill S1427A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to purchase food products that are grown, produced, harvested or processed in New York state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S1427 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A880
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4924, A7488
2015-2016: S3248, A5445
2017-2018: S4486

2013-S1427 - Summary

Requires school districts to purchase food products that are grown, produced, harvested or processed in New York state; allows waiver if price of such local food products is not reasonably competitive; allows waiver if such food products are not available in sufficient quantity.

2013-S1427 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1427 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1427

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  purchase
  of local food products by school districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 103 of the general municipal  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  269 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  9. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of  this  section  to  the
contrary,  a  board  of  education  [may] SHALL, on behalf of its school
district, [separately purchase eggs,  livestock,  fish,  dairy  products
(excluding  milk), juice, grains, and species of fresh fruit and vegeta-
bles directly from New York State producers or growers, or  associations
of  producers and growers] REQUIRE THAT ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF ALL FOOD
PRODUCTS PURCHASED ARE GROWN, PRODUCED OR HARVESTED IN NEW YORK STATE OR
THAT ANY PROCESSING OF SUCH  FOOD  PRODUCTS  TAKE  PLACE  IN  FACILITIES
LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE, provided that:
  (a)  [such]  AN  association  of producers or growers THAT PRODUCES OR
GROWS EGGS, LIVESTOCK, FISH, DAIRY  PRODUCTS  (EXCLUDING  MILK),  JUICE,
GRAINS,  AND  SPECIES OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, is comprised of ten
or fewer owners of farms who  also  operate  such  farms  and  who  have
combined  to  fill  the order of a school district as herein authorized,
provided however, that a school district may apply to  the  commissioner
of education for permission to purchase from an association of more than
ten owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have offered
to sell to such school;
  (b)  [the  amount  that  may  be  expended by a school district in any
fiscal year for such purchases shall not exceed an amount equal to twen-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02465-01-3
              

2013-S1427A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A880
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4924, A7488
2015-2016: S3248, A5445
2017-2018: S4486

2013-S1427A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to purchase food products that are grown, produced, harvested or processed in New York state; allows waiver if price of such local food products is not reasonably competitive; allows waiver if such food products are not available in sufficient quantity.

2013-S1427A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1427A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1427--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local  Government  --
  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Local Government in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the purchase
  of local food products by school districts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 9 of section 103 of the general municipal law,
as amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  9.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions of this section to the
contrary, a board of education [may] SHALL,  on  behalf  of  its  school
district,  [separately  purchase  eggs,  livestock, fish, dairy products
(excluding milk), juice, grains, and species of fresh fruit and  vegeta-
bles  directly from New York State producers or growers, or associations
of producers and growers] REQUIRE THAT ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF ALL  FOOD
PRODUCTS PURCHASED ARE GROWN, PRODUCED OR HARVESTED IN NEW YORK STATE OR
THAT  ANY  PROCESSING  OF  SUCH  FOOD  PRODUCTS TAKE PLACE IN FACILITIES
LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE, provided that:
  (a) [such] AN association of producers or  growers  THAT  PRODUCES  OR
GROWS  EGGS,  LIVESTOCK,  FISH,  DAIRY PRODUCTS (EXCLUDING MILK), JUICE,
GRAINS, AND SPECIES OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, is comprised  of  ten
or  fewer  owners  of  farms  who  also  operate such farms and who have
combined to fill the order of a school district  as  herein  authorized,
provided  however,  that a school district may apply to the commissioner
of education for permission to purchase from an association of more than
ten owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have offered
to sell to such school;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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