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Senate Bill S4607

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to an OGS tracking database for food procured by agencies

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2017-S4607 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S6284

2017-S4607 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to an OGS tracking database for food procured by agencies.

2017-S4607 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4607 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4607
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  an  office  of
   general services tracking database for food procured by agencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph g of subdivision 4 of section
 165 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 533 of the  laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  a description of the office's efforts to improve and increase the
 tracking of information relating to New  York  state  food  procured  by
 agencies  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, A DESCRIPTION OF DATA SYSTEMS
 AND TECHNOLOGIES USED FOR TRACKING SUCH INFORMATION AS WELL AS DEFICIEN-
 CIES WITHIN, AND ALTERNATIVES TO, SUCH DATA TRACKING SYSTEMS  AND  TECH-
 NOLOGIES AS IMPLEMENTED; and
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 165 of the state finance law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
   I. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS,
 SHALL  ADVISE  AND  ASSIST  LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ON DATA COLLECTION
 METHODS PERTAINING TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  ENCOURAGE  THE  VOLUNTARY
 REPORTING  OF SUCH INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00361-01-7

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