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Senate Bill S3035

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates the school-to-pantry donation credit

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2017-S3035 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3641-c, Ed L

2017-S3035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the school-to-pantry donation credit which allows for schools to receive a credit for donating food cultivated by students and teachers.

2017-S3035 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3035
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating  the  school-
   to-pantry donation credit
 
   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 3641-c
 to read as follows:
   § 3641-C. SCHOOL-TO-PANTRY DONATION CREDIT. 1. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 CREATE A SCHOOL-TO-PANTRY DONATION CREDIT IN WHICH ANY SCHOOL MAY DONATE
 PRODUCTS  GENERATED  BY  ITS  FARM  OR GARDEN TO A LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, OR
 EQUIVALENT ORGANIZATION, SO LONG AS THAT PRODUCT  MEETS  ANY  APPLICABLE
 FEDERAL,  STATE,  OR  LOCAL  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE
 PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF THE PRODUCT. HOWEVER, IF  DONATIONS  CONSIST
 ONLY  OF  FRESH  WHOLE  UNCUT  FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, CLEAN AND PROPERLY
 REFRIGERATED AT FORTY-FIVE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR LESS EGGS,  GRAINS  AND
 LEGUMES,  OR HONEY AND MAPLE SYRUP THEN DONOR SCHOOLS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
 WILL BE SUBJECT TO SUCH REGULATIONS AS MAY APPLY TO A  DIRECT  MARKETING
 BUSINESS  AS  CONTAINED  IN  ARTICLE  SEVENTEEN  OF  THE AGRICULTURE AND
 MARKETS LAW.
   2. DONOR SCHOOLS SHALL SUBMIT RECORD OF THE PRODUCT TYPE  DONATED  AND
 THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF EACH PRODUCT TYPE ACCEPTED BY THE FOOD PANTRY TO THE
 COMMISSIONER. SUCH RECORD MUST BE VALIDATED BY THE DONEE FOOD PANTRY AND
 SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
   3. FOR EACH TYPE OF PRODUCT DONATED THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CALCULATE A
 DONATION  CREDIT FOR EACH DONOR SCHOOL THAT SUBMITS RECORD IN COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS SECTION FOLLOWING THE FORMULA HEREIN:
                                 A=(P*Y)*E
 "A" IS THE CREDIT AMOUNT TO BE GIVEN TO THE DONOR  SCHOOL.  "P"  IS  THE
 POUNDS  OF GOODS OF A SPECIFIC TYPE ACCEPTED BY A DONEE FOOD PANTRY. "Y"
 IS THE YIELD FACTOR FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF GOODS AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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