Assembly Bill A7572A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to local product procurement and a procurement training program for agricultural business

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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-A7572 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5552
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §100, Ec Dev L; amd §163, St Fin L

2013-A7572 - Summary

Relates to local product procurement and a procurement training program for agricultural business.

2013-A7572 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7572

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and  the  state  finance
  law,  in  relation  to local product procurement; and in relation to a
  procurement training program for agricultural business

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

  Section  1. Section 2 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. "LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTS" MEANS  ANY  FOOD  PRODUCTS  THAT  ARE  GROWN,
PRODUCED, HARVESTED, AND/OR PROCESSED BY NEW YORK CITIZENS OR BUSINESSES
LOCATED  WITHIN  THE BORDERS OF NEW YORK STATE, OR PREDOMINANTLY CONTAIN
NEW YORK-GROWN INGREDIENTS.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 165 of the state finance law, as amended
by chapter 137 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  Special  provisions  for  purchase  of  available  New  York  food
products.
  a.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this subdivision, when letting
contracts for the purchase of food products on behalf of facilities  and
institutions  of the state, solicitation specifications of the office of
general services and any other  agency,  department,  office,  board  or
commission  may  require provisions that mandate that all or some of the
required food products are [grown, produced or  harvested  in  New  York
state, or that any processing of such food products take place in facil-
ities  located  within New York state] LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTS, AS SUCH TERM
IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION  TWO  OF  THE  AGRICULTURE  AND
MARKETS LAW.
  b.  The commissioner of agriculture and markets shall determine, using
uniform criteria, those LOCAL food products, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN
SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF SECTION TWO OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, for
which the requirements of this subdivision  are  deemed  beneficial  and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11055-04-3
              

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2013-A7572A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5552
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §100, Ec Dev L; amd §163, St Fin L

2013-A7572A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to local product procurement and a procurement training program for agricultural business.

2013-A7572A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7572--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Agriculture -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Agriculture  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, the economic develop-
  ment law and the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  local  product
  procurement;  and  in  relation  to a procurement training program for
  agricultural business

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

  Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
  2-D. COORDINATE WITH THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE A TRAINING PROGRAM ONCE PER YEAR, IN
EACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION, ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE ELEVEN  OF  THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW, TO ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROCUREMENT  PROCESS,  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW, BY SMALL BUSINESSES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE
OF  THE  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW, INCLUDING FARMS, SELLING FOOD OR FOOD
PRODUCTS GROWN, PRODUCED, HARVESTED, OR PROCESSED IN NEW YORK STATE  AND
ASSIST  SUCH BUSINESSES IN IDENTIFYING SUCH FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS, WHICH
MAY HELP TO MEET STATE AGENCIES' NEEDS.  THE DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICE  MAY
ALSO  INVITE  TO THE REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  THAT  MAY  BE  INTERESTED  IN
PURCHASING NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS.
  S  2. Section 100 of the economic development law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 18-i to read as follows:
  18-I.  TO AID THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS AND OFFICE  OF
GENERAL  SERVICES IN PROVIDING A TRAINING PROGRAM ONCE PER YEAR, IN EACH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGION, ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS CHAP-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11055-07-4
              

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