Bill Text: NY S09082 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that on or before January 1, 2022, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation, the office of general services shall establish a methodology for state agencies to estimate, to the extent practicable, the greenhouse gas emissions that occur through the life cycle of all food and beverages purchased by the state agency, including third-party vendors that provide food on behalf of the state agency; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-06 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09082 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S09082-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9082

                    IN SENATE

                                    November 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to greenhouse  gas  emis-
          sions in foods

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new a section  204
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  204.  Greenhouse gas emissions in foods. 1. To track the greenhouse
     4  gas emissions associated with food purchases made by state agencies, the
     5  office of general services shall:
     6    (a) on or before January first, two thousand twenty-two, in  consulta-
     7  tion  with  the  department  of  environmental conservation, establish a
     8  methodology for state agencies to estimate, to the  extent  practicable,
     9  the  greenhouse  gas  emissions that occur through the life cycle of all
    10  food and beverages purchased by the state agency, including  third-party
    11  vendors that provide food on behalf of the state agency, that:
    12    (i)  will enable a state agency to reliably track changes in its food-
    13  related greenhouse gas emissions over time and demonstrate reductions in
    14  greenhouse gas emissions associated with food and beverages purchased by
    15  the state agency;
    16    (ii) may allow a state agency to exclude from the tracking method food
    17  and beverage procurements that do not exceed fifteen  thousand  dollars;
    18  and
    19    (iii) considers the costs and feasibility of implementing the tracking
    20  method;
    21    (b) on or before January first, two thousand twenty-three, establish a
    22  baseline  measurement  of  the  overall  annual greenhouse gas emissions
    23  associated with the state's food and beverage purchases; and
    24    (c) in consultation with the department of environmental conservation,
    25  establish best practices for state agencies to reduce the greenhouse gas
    26  emissions associated with food and  beverages  purchased  by  the  state
    27  agency  with  the  goal  of reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions as

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17516-01-0
        S. 9082                             2

     1  established under paragraph (b) of this subdivision, including recommen-
     2  dations for reducing food waste.
     3    2. Each state agency shall give consideration and preference to foods,
     4  beverages,  and  procurement practices that achieve the goal of reducing
     5  the  greenhouse  gas  emissions  associated  with  food  and   beverages
     6  purchased by the state agency.
     7    3.  It  is  the  goal  of the office of general services to reduce the
     8  overall greenhouse gas emissions  associated  with  food  and  beverages
     9  purchased  by  state  procurement  according  to the following reduction
    10  schedule as measured in relation to the baseline measurement established
    11  under paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section:
    12    (a) for fiscal year two thousand twenty-four, a ten percent reduction;
    13    (b) for fiscal year two thousand  twenty-seven,  an  eighteen  percent
    14  reduction; and
    15    (c)  for  fiscal  year  two  thousand  thirty,  a  twenty-five percent
    16  reduction.
    17    4. On or before August  first,  two  thousand  twenty-four,  and  each
    18  August first thereafter, each state agency shall report to the office of
    19  general  services on such state agency's progress in reducing the green-
    20  house gas emissions associated with food and beverages procured  by  the
    21  state  agency  during  the immediately preceding fiscal year in a format
    22  set by the office of general services, in consultation with the  depart-
    23  ment  of environmental conservation, and consistent with the methodology
    24  established under paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section.
    25    5. Beginning with the annual report submitted in two thousand  twenty-
    26  four  as  required under subdivision four of this section, the office of
    27  general services shall include in its annual report:
    28    (a) an update on the overall progress of the state in reducing  green-
    29  house  gas  emissions associated with food and beverages procured by the
    30  state; and
    31    (b) recommendations for policy changes to  further  reduce  greenhouse
    32  gas  emissions  from food or to achieve more quickly the reduction goals
    33  established under this section.
    34    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    35  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    36  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    37  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    38  completed on or before such effective date.