Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 23, 2018 |
print number 1430a |
Feb 23, 2018 |
amend and recommit to local government |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to local government returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to local governments |
Mar 21, 2017 |
delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.445 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 09, 2017 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S1430A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2017-S1430 - Details
2017-S1430 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1430 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law to facilitate school districts in purchasing local agricultural products PURPOSE : By removing certain limitations imposed by the General Municipal Law, this bill will help schools that wish to integrate a variety of local agricultural products in to their food services be able to do so. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The cap on limited local purchasing imposed by Article 5-A of the General Municipal Law, section 103, subdivision 9, paragraph b will be removed in its entirety. That article and section of the General Municipal Law will also have a new subdivision added, 16. That subdivision would allow a Board of Education to include language in an offer for bids favoring local or regional procurement if certain standards were met. JUSTIFICATION : Allowing schools to put a regional preference in to their bid requests
2017-S1430 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1430 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law to facilitate school districts in purchasing local agricultural products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 9 of section 103 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows: (b) [the amount that may be expended by a school district in any fiscal year for such purchases shall not exceed an amount equal to twen- ty cents multiplied by the total number of days in the school year multiplied by the total enrollment of such school district; (c)] all such purchases shall be administered pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of education. Such regulations shall: be developed in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets to accommodate and promote the provisions of the farm-to-school program established pursuant to subdivision five-b of the section sixteen of the agriculture and markets law and subdivision thirty-one of section three hundred five of the education law as added by chapter two of the laws of two thousand [two] ONE; ensure that the prices paid by a district for any items so purchased do not exceed the prices of compara- ble local farm products that are available to districts through their usual purchases of such items; ensure that all producers and growers who desire to sell to school districts can readily access information in accordance with the farm-to-school law; include provisions for situ- ations when more than one producer or grower seeks to sell the same product to a district to ensure that all such producers or growers have an equitable opportunity to do so in a manner similar to the usual purchasing practices of such districts; develop guidelines for approval of purchases of items from associations of more than ten growers and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
2017-S1430A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1430A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1430A SPONSOR: RITCHIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law to facili- tate school districts in purchasing local agricultural products PURPOSE: By removing certain limitations imposed by the General Municipal Law, this bill will help schools that wish to integrate a variety of local agricultural products in to their food services be able to do so. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The cap on limited local purchasing imposed by Article 5-A of the Gener- al Municipal Law, section 103, subdivision 9, paragraph b will be removed in its entirety. That article and section of the General Munici- pal Law will also have a new subdivision added, 16. That subdivision would allow a Board of Education to include language in an offer for bids favoring local or regional procurement if certain standards were met.
2017-S1430A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1430--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general municipal law to facilitate school districts in purchasing local agricultural products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (b), (b-1) and (c) of subdivision 9 of section 103 of the general municipal law, paragraphs (b) and (c) as amended and paragraph (b-1) as added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows: (b) [the amount that may be expended by a school district in any fiscal year for such purchases shall not exceed an amount equal to twen- ty cents multiplied by the total number of days in the school year multiplied by the total enrollment of such school district; (b-1) the amount that may be expended by a board of cooperative educa- tional services in any fiscal year for such purchases shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty cents multiplied by the total number of days in the school year multiplied by the number of students receiving services by such board of cooperative educational services at facilities operated by a board of cooperative educational services; (c)] all such purchases shall be administered pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of education. Such regulations shall: be developed in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets to accommodate and promote the provisions of the farm-to-school program established pursuant to subdivision five-b of section sixteen of the agriculture and markets law and subdivision thirty-one of section three hundred five of the education law as added by chapter two of the laws of two thousand [two] ONE; ensure that the prices paid by a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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