Assembly Bill A8923

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a county's ability to purchase certain goods directly from New York state growers

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7275 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A8923 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7275
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L (as proposed in A. 6910-B and S. 5251-B)

2017-A8923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2017-A8923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8923
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 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:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section 103 of
 the general municipal law, as added by a chapter of the  laws  of  2017,
 amending the general municipal law, relating to purchasing on the behalf
 of  a school district or a board of cooperative educational services, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers A.6910-B and S.5251-B, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  such  association  of producers or growers is comprised of ten or
 fewer owners of farms who also operate such farms and who have  combined
 to  fill  the  order of a county as herein authorized, provided however,
 that a county may [apply to the commissioner of the  office  of  general
 services  for  permission  to] purchase from an association of more than
 ten owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have offered
 to sell to such county;
   (c) all such purchases shall be administered pursuant to  [regulations
 promulgated] POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED by the [commissioner of the
 office  of  general  services]  COUNTY  GOVERNING BOARD and developed in
 consultation with the commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets.  Such
 [regulations]  POLICIES AND PROCEDURES shall ensure that the prices paid
 by a county for any items so purchased  do  not  exceed  the  prices  of
 comparable  local  farm  products  that  are  available to the political
 subdivision or district therein through their usual  purchases  of  such
 items;  include provisions for situations when more than one producer or
 grower seeks to sell the same product to a county  to  ensure  that  all
 such  producers  or  growers have an equitable opportunity to do so in a
 manner similar to the usual purchasing practices of such county; include
 guidelines for the approval of purchases of items from  associations  of
 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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