Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 07, 2018 |
signed chap.371 |
Nov 27, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
Apr 25, 2018 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.752 substituted for a8923 |
Jan 23, 2018 |
referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 08, 2018 |
ordered to third reading cal.3 |
Jan 05, 2018 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7275
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
2017-S7275 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8923
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §103, Gen Muni L (as proposed in A. 6910-B and S. 5251-B)
2017-S7275 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7275 SPONSOR: HELMING TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to a county's ability to purchase certain goods directly from New York state growers PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would provide for a three-way negotiated and agreed chapter amendment for S.5251b SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The original bill, S.5152B, would have authorized Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to purchase food directly from New York State farm businesses and to exceed monetary restrictions, just as school districts currently do. The original bill would have further authorized municipalities to also exceed monetary restrictions on purchase contract requirements when procuring New York State grown food products. It would have lastly, further provided producers and growers
2017-S7275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7275 I N S E N A T E January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to a county's ability to purchase certain goods directly from New York state growers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section 103 of the general municipal law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the general municipal law, relating to purchasing on the behalf of a school district or a board of cooperative educational services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.6910-B and S.5251-B, is amended to read as follows: (a) 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 county as herein authorized, provided however, that a county may [apply to the commissioner of the office of general services 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 county; (c) all such purchases shall be administered pursuant to [regulations promulgated] POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED by the [commissioner of the office of general services] COUNTY GOVERNING BOARD and developed in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets. Such [regulations] POLICIES AND PROCEDURES shall ensure that the prices paid by a county for any items so purchased do not exceed the prices of comparable local farm products that are available to the political subdivision or district therein through their usual purchases of such items; include provisions for situations when more than one producer or grower seeks to sell the same product to a county 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 county; include guidelines for the approval of purchases of items from associations of more than ten growers or producers; and, to the maximum extent practica- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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