Senate Bill S4281

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the purchasing limit for school districts to order from certain farmers without a waiver

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  • 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-S4281 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5689
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L

2017-S4281 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the purchasing limit from $25,000 to $150,000 for school districts to order from certain farmers without a waiver.

2017-S4281 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4281 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4281
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RANZENHOFER, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, BOYLE, DeFRANCISCO,
   FUNKE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to increasing the
   purchasing limit for school districts to order  from  certain  farmers
   without a waiver
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  9  of
 section  103  of  the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 62 of
 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) such association of producers or growers is comprised  of  owners
 of farms who also operate such farms and have combined to fill the order
 of  a  school  district,  and  where such order is for [twenty-five] ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY thousand dollars or less as  herein  authorized,  provided
 however,  that a school district may apply to the commissioner of educa-
 tion for permission to purchase orders of more  than  [twenty-five]  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  thousand  dollars  from an association of owners of such
 farms when no other producers or growers have offered to  sell  to  such
 school;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09295-01-7

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