Assembly Bill A4176

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the fresh fruit and vegetable program

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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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2009-A4176 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7027
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง920, Ed L

2009-A4176 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of education to establish a fresh fruit and vegetable program providing sponsors of non-profit school breakfast, lunch or other school child feeding programs with payments for the purchase of fresh or minimally processed fruits and vegetables or providing such sponsors with purchased fresh or minimally processed fruits and vegetables to be offered to students as part of school lunches, breakfasts or snacks in the cafeteria or classroom.

2009-A4176 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4176

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, MILLMAN, SWEENEY, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, THIELE,
  WALKER,  MAGNARELLI,  SCOZZAFAVA, ESPAILLAT, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. CLARK, CROUCH, DelMONTE, DESTITO, DUPREY, GORDON, GOTT-
  FRIED, LUPARDO, McENENY, McKEVITT, PHEFFER,  SALADINO,  WEISENBERG  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the fresh
  fruit and vegetable program

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 920 to
read as follows:
  S 920. FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM.   1.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
ESTABLISH  A  FRESH  FRUIT  AND  VEGETABLE PROGRAM PROVIDING SPONSORS OF
NON-PROFIT  SCHOOL  BREAKFAST,  LUNCH  OR  OTHER  SCHOOL  CHILD  FEEDING
PROGRAMS  WITH PAYMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF FRESH OR MINIMALLY PROCESSED
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OR, PROVIDING, AT THE  OPTION  OF  SUCH  SPONSORS,
PURCHASED  FRESH  OR  MINIMALLY  PROCESSED  FRUITS  AND VEGETABLES TO BE
OFFERED TO STUDENTS AS PART OF SCHOOL LUNCHES, BREAKFASTS OR  SNACKS  IN
THE  CAFETERIA  OR CLASSROOM. SUCH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES AND
RULES AND REGULATIONS, SHALL BE GROWN AND PRODUCED IN NEW YORK STATE.
  2. FUNDS FOR THE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM SHALL  BE  EXPENDED
SUBJECT  TO THE LIMITATION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE AND SHALL BE USED TO REIM-
BURSE SPONSORS OF NON-PROFIT SCHOOL LUNCH, BREAKFAST,  OR  OTHER  SCHOOL
CHILD FEEDING PROGRAMS FIVE CENTS PER THE NUMBER OF FEDERALLY REIMBURSA-
BLE  BREAKFASTS  AND LUNCHES SERVED IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR TO STUDENTS
UNDER SUCH PROGRAM AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  SUCH
SPONSORS,  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF CONGRESS ENTITLED THE "NATIONAL
SCHOOL LUNCH ACT", P.L. 79-396, AS AMENDED, OR  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE
"CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966", P.L. 89-642, AS AMENDED. SUCH FUNDS SHALL
BE  PAID  DIRECTLY  TO SUCH SPONSORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FRESH FRUIT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01725-01-9

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