S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9946
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 2, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Russell) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
school districts to order from certain farmers without requiring a
waiver
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 103 of the gener-
al municipal law, as amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 2004, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) (I) such association of producers or growers 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; OR
(II) SUCH ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCERS OR GROWERS IS COMPRISED OF OWNERS
OF FARMS WHO ALSO OPERATE SUCH FARMS AND HAVE COMBINED TO FILL THE ORDER
OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHERE SUCH ORDER IS FOR TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR LESS AS HEREIN AUTHORIZED, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT A SCHOOL
DISTRICT MAY APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION FOR PERMISSION TO
PURCHASE ORDERS OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM AN ASSO-
CIATION OF OWNERS OF SUCH FARMS WHEN NO OTHER PRODUCERS OR GROWERS HAVE
OFFERED TO SELL TO SUCH SCHOOL;
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15300-03-4
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