Senate Bill S3918

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "buy from the backyard act"

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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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2017-S3918 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2185
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L; add §5-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6974, A10584
2011-2012: S2468, A8038, A9031
2013-2014: S978, A5051
2015-2016: S831, S6648, A3302

2017-S3918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "buy from the backyard act"; requires the office of general services and other state agencies to buy 20% of all their food products from producers and/or processors in New York state; provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall determine the New York food products that are available during the various times during the year; directs such commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation of such provisions.

2017-S3918 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3918
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE,  AVELLA, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN,
   LARKIN, MARCHIONE, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the  agriculture  and  markets
   law, in relation to enacting the "buy from the backyard act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "buy from the backyard act".
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of paragraph a, paragraphs b, c, subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph f and paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 165
 of the state finance law, the opening paragraph of paragraph a, subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph f and paragraph h as amended by  chapter  533  of
 the  laws  of  2013, and paragraphs b and c as amended by chapter 137 of
 the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
   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] SHALL require provisions  that  mandate  that  [all  or
 some],  DURING  EACH  STATE FISCAL YEAR, NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT 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.
   b.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture and markets shall determine AND
 CERTIFY, using uniform criteria,  those  food  products  for  which  the
 requirements  of  this  subdivision are deemed MOST beneficial and shall
 promulgate and forward to the appropriate agencies a list of  such  food
 products,  and  shall  in  addition ascertain those periods of time each
 year that those food products are available in sufficient quantities for
 competitive purchasing and shall forward such information to  purchasing
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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