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Assembly Bill A7678A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the Nourish New York program

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2023-A7678 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7533
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §452, Ag & Mkts L

2023-A7678 - Summary

Permits the Nourish New York program to distribute certain funds without an application or competitive procurement process.

2023-A7678 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7678
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   Nourish New York program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 452 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as added by chapter 631 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner shall, to the extent permitted by state or federal
 appropriations  for  such  purpose,  facilitate programming that ensures
 surplus agricultural products are provided to food relief  organizations
 at  competitive  wholesale  prices. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED
 TWELVE AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, ANY  MONIES
 APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION MAY BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT
 AN  APPLICATION  OR  COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO THE TEN REGIONAL
 FOOD BANKS. SUCH  FUNDS  SHALL  BE  DISTRIBUTED  ON  A  REGIONAL  BASIS;
 PROVIDED,  IN REGIONS WITH MORE THAN ONE REGIONAL FOOD BANK, FUNDS SHALL
 BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO FOOD BANKS WITHIN SUCH REGION.  REGIONAL  FOOD
 BANKS MAY SUBALLOCATE FUNDS TO FOOD RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11688-01-3

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2023-A7678A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7533
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §452, Ag & Mkts L

2023-A7678A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the Nourish New York program to distribute certain funds without an application or competitive procurement process.

2023-A7678A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7678--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CRUZ, SOLAGES, SILLITTI, JEAN-PIERRE, LAVINE,
   L. ROSENTHAL, THIELE, K. BROWN  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Agriculture  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
   Nourish New York program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 452 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as added by chapter 631 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   1. The commissioner shall, to the extent permitted by state or federal
 appropriations  for  such  purpose,  facilitate programming that ensures
 surplus agricultural products are provided to food relief  organizations
 at  competitive  wholesale  prices. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED
 TWELVE AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, ANY  MONIES
 APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED WITH-
 OUT  AN  APPLICATION  OR  COMPETITIVE  PROCUREMENT  PROCESS  TO  THE TEN
 REGIONAL FOOD BANKS. SUCH FUNDS SHALL BE  DISTRIBUTED  TO  EACH  REGION;
 PROVIDED,  IN REGIONS WITH MORE THAN ONE REGIONAL FOOD BANK, FUNDS SHALL
 BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO FOOD BANKS WITHIN SUCH REGION.  REGIONAL  FOOD
 BANKS MAY SUBALLOCATE FUNDS TO FOOD RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11688-05-3

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