Bill Text: NY S07275 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that a county's purchase of certain goods shall be administered pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the county governing board and developed in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - SIGNED CHAP.371 [S07275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07275-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7275
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        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:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section 103 of
     2  the general municipal law, as added by a chapter of the  laws  of  2017,
     3  amending the general municipal law, relating to purchasing on the behalf
     4  of  a school district or a board of cooperative educational services, as
     5  proposed in legislative bills numbers A.6910-B and S.5251-B, is  amended
     6  to read as follows:
     7    (a)  such  association  of producers or growers is comprised of ten or
     8  fewer owners of farms who also operate such farms and who have  combined
     9  to  fill  the  order of a county as herein authorized, provided however,
    10  that a county may [apply to the commissioner of the  office  of  general
    11  services  for  permission  to] purchase from an association of more than
    12  ten owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have offered
    13  to sell to such county;
    14    (c) all such purchases shall be administered pursuant to  [regulations
    15  promulgated] policies and procedures adopted by the [commissioner of the
    16  office  of  general  services]  county  governing board and developed in
    17  consultation with the commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets.  Such
    18  [regulations]  policies and procedures shall ensure that the prices paid
    19  by a county for any items so purchased  do  not  exceed  the  prices  of
    20  comparable  local  farm  products  that  are  available to the political
    21  subdivision or district therein through their usual  purchases  of  such
    22  items;  include provisions for situations when more than one producer or
    23  grower seeks to sell the same product to a county  to  ensure  that  all
    24  such  producers  or  growers have an equitable opportunity to do so in a
    25  manner similar to the usual purchasing practices of such county; include
    26  guidelines for the approval of purchases of items from  associations  of
    27  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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     1  ble,  minimize  additional  paperwork,  recordkeeping  and other similar
     2  requirements on both growers and producers and counties.
     3    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     4  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the general  municipal
     5  law,  relating  to  purchasing  on  the behalf of a school district or a
     6  board of cooperative educational services, as  prepared  in  legislative
     7  bills numbers A.6910-B and S.5251-B, takes effect.