Senate Bill S4288

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs commissioner of education to establish guidelines providing for donation of excess, unused, edible food from school meals to food assistance programs

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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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2011-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6330
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6453
2013-2014: S2332, A5218
2015-2016: S854, A4833
2017-2018: S5664, A2409

2011-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets, to establish voluntary guidelines to provide for the donation of excess, unused, edible food from school, university or other educational institutions meal programs to voluntary food assistance programs.

2011-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4288

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the  education  law,
  in relation to authorizing school districts and institutions of higher
  education  to  donate  excess  food to local voluntary food assistance
  programs

  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 5-c to read as follows:
  5-C.  COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION THIRTY-TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, TO
DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE VOLUNTARY IMPLEMENTATION BY SCHOOL  DISTRICTS
AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION  TWO  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OF  PROGRAMS WHICH ENCOURAGE THE
DONATION OF EXCESS, UNUSED, EDIBLE FOOD FROM MEALS SERVED AT SUCH EDUCA-
TIONAL FACILITIES TO LOCAL VOLUNTARY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
  S 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 32 to read as follows:
  32. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, SHALL DEVELOP VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO
ENCOURAGE  AND  FACILITATE  THE  ABILITY  OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTI-
TUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DONATE EXCESS, UNUSED, EDIBLE  FOOD  FROM
MEALS  SERVED  AT  SUCH  EDUCATIONAL  FACILITIES TO LOCAL VOLUNTARY FOOD
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  COMMUNITY  FOOD
PANTRIES,  SOUP  KITCHENS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGAN-
IZATIONS THAT DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED.
  SUCH GUIDELINES MAY INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  A. A METHODOLOGY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION  TO  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS
AND  LOCAL  VOLUNTARY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH
GUIDELINES;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08800-03-1
              

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