Assembly Bill A9555A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes procurement goals for New York state food products on SUNY campuses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A9555 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6908
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-c, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4455, S1510

2019-A9555 - Summary

Establishes procurement goals for New York state food products on SUNY campuses.

2019-A9555 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9555
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to establishing
   procurement goals for New York state food products on SUNY campuses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 163-c to read as follows:
   § 163-C. PROCUREMENT GOALS FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD  PRODUCTS  ON  SUNY
 CAMPUSES.  1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "NEW YORK STATE
 FOOD PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN A FOOD ITEM THAT IS:
   (A) GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE; OR
   (B) PROCESSED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE COMPRISING  OVER  FIFTY-ONE
 PERCENT AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS
 STATE, BY WEIGHT OR VOLUME.
   2.  (A) IN ORDER TO CREATE, STRENGTHEN, AND EXPAND LOCAL FARM AND FOOD
 ECONOMIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK, IT SHALL BE THE GOAL OF THIS  STATE  THAT
 TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY PUBLIC UNIVER-
 SITIES,  SHALL,  BY  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  BE  NEW YORK STATE FOOD
 PRODUCTS.
   (B) TO MEET THE GOALS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, WHEN A SUNY  CONTRACT
 FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS IS TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST
 RESPONSIBLE  BIDDER,  AN OTHERWISE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHO WILL FULFILL THE
 CONTRACT THROUGH THE USE OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS  MAY  BE  GIVEN
 PREFERENCE  OVER  OTHER  BIDDERS, PROVIDED THAT THE COST INCLUDED IN THE
 BID OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS IS NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT GREATER
 THAN THE COST INCLUDED IN A BID THAT IS NOT  FOR  NEW  YORK  STATE  FOOD
 PRODUCTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14349-02-9

2019-A9555A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6908
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-c, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4455, S1510

2019-A9555A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes procurement goals for New York state food products on SUNY campuses.

2019-A9555A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9555--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Operations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   procurement goals for New York state food products on SUNY campuses

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 163-c to read as follows:
   §  163-C.  PROCUREMENT  GOALS FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS ON SUNY
 CAMPUSES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "NEW YORK  STATE
 FOOD PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN A FOOD ITEM THAT IS:
   (A) GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE; OR
   (B)  PROCESSED  INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE COMPRISING OVER FIFTY-ONE
 PERCENT AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS
 STATE, BY WEIGHT OR VOLUME.
   2. (A) IN ORDER TO CREATE, STRENGTHEN, AND EXPAND LOCAL FARM AND  FOOD
 ECONOMIES  THROUGHOUT  NEW YORK, IT SHALL BE THE GOAL OF THIS STATE THAT
 TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY PUBLIC UNIVER-
 SITIES, SHALL, BY TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  BE  NEW  YORK  STATE  FOOD
 PRODUCTS.
   (B)  TO MEET THE GOALS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, WHEN A SUNY CONTRACT
 FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS IS TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST
 RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AN OTHERWISE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHO WILL  FULFILL  THE
 CONTRACT  THROUGH  THE  USE OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS MAY BE GIVEN
 PREFERENCE OVER OTHER BIDDERS, PROVIDED THAT THE COST  INCLUDED  IN  THE
 BID OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS IS NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT GREATER
 THAN  THE  COST  INCLUDED  IN  A BID THAT IS NOT FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD
 PRODUCTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14349-05-0

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