Bill Text: NY S07525 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the reimbursement of schools for purchasing New York farm products; establishes rates of reimbursement dependent upon the percentage that New York farm products constitute a school's food purchases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-06 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S07525 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07525-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7525
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          reimbursement of schools for purchasing New York farm products
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows:
     3    5-c. The commissioner of education shall  reimburse  school  nutrition
     4  programs  at  an  additional  rate based on the percentage that New York
     5  farm products constitute of each program's food purchases  in  a  school
     6  year.  Schools  for which New York farm products constitute at least ten
     7  percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an  additional  five  cents
     8  per  meal;  schools for which New York farm products constitute at least
     9  fifteen percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an  additional  ten
    10  cents  per  meal; schools for which New York farm products constitute at
    11  least twenty percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an  additional
    12  twenty-five cents per meal.
    13    The  commissioner  shall provide schools with an approved vendor list.
    14  Schools shall verify and  submit  their  percentage  of  New  York  farm
    15  purchases  to  the department per the reimbursement schedule established
    16  by the commissioner prior to reimbursement.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13910-01-6