Assembly Bill A8665A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes procurement goals for New York state food products purchased by state agencies

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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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2021-A8665 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6808
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-c, amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4406, S3125

2021-A8665 - Summary

Establishes a procurement goal that at least fifteen percent of all food and food products purchased by state agencies shall be New York state food products in the first and second year after such law takes effect, at least twenty percent in the third year and twenty-five percent thereafter.

2021-A8665 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8665
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   procurement  goals for the purchase of New York state food products by
   state agencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 163-c to read as follows:
   § 163-C. PROCUREMENT GOALS FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS. 1.    FOR
 THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, THE TERM "NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCT"
 SHALL MEAN A FOOD ITEM THAT IS:
   (A) GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE; OR
   (B) PROCESSED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE COMPRISING  OVER  FIFTY-ONE
 PERCENT AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS
 STATE, BY WEIGHT OR VOLUME.
   2.  (A) IN ORDER TO CREATE, STRENGTHEN, AND EXPAND LOCAL FARM AND FOOD
 ECONOMIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK, ALL STATE AGENCIES SHALL  SET  PERCENTAGE
 GOALS  FOR  LOCAL  FOOD PURCHASED YEARLY AND IF A STATE AGENCY SPENDS AN
 AMOUNT GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON FOOD  OR
 FOOD  PRODUCTS  THEN:   IN THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION, AT LEAST FIFTEEN PERCENT  OF  ALL  FOOD  AND  FOOD
 PRODUCTS  PURCHASED  BY  SUCH  STATE AGENCY SHALL BE NEW YORK STATE FOOD
 PRODUCTS; IN THE THIRD YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AT
 LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL FOOD AND FOOD  PRODUCTS  PURCHASED  BY  SUCH
 STATE  AGENCY  SHALL BE NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS; AND  IN THE FOURTH
 YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND THEREAFTER,  AT  LEAST
 TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  ALL  FOOD  AND FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY SUCH
 STATE AGENCY SHALL BE NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS.
   (B) TO MEET THE GOAL SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION, WHEN A STATE AGEN-
 CY'S CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS IS TO BE AWARDED
 TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AN OTHERWISE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHO WILL
 FULFILL THE CONTRACT THROUGH THE USE OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS MAY
 BE GIVEN PREFERENCE OVER OTHER BIDDERS, PROVIDED THAT THE COST  INCLUDED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A8665A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6808
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §163-c, amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4406, S3125

2021-A8665A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a procurement goal that at least fifteen percent of all food and food products purchased by state agencies shall be New York state food products in the first and second year after such law takes effect, at least twenty percent in the third year and twenty-five percent thereafter.

2021-A8665A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8665--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state  finance law, in relation to establishing
   procurement goals for the purchase of New York state food products  by
   state agencies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 163-c to read as follows:
   §  163-C. PROCUREMENT GOALS FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS. 1. DEFI-
 NITION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "NEW YORK STATE  FOOD
 PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN A FOOD ITEM THAT IS:
   (A) GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE; OR
   (B)  PROCESSED  INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE COMPRISING OVER FIFTY-ONE
 PERCENT AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS GROWN, HARVESTED, OR PRODUCED IN THIS
 STATE, BY WEIGHT OR VOLUME.
   2. (A) IN ORDER TO CREATE, STRENGTHEN, AND EXPAND LOCAL FARM AND  FOOD
 ECONOMIES  THROUGHOUT  NEW YORK, ALL STATE AGENCIES ANNUALLY SPENDING AN
 AMOUNT EXCEEDING FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ON FOOD OR FOOD  PRODUCTS  SHALL
 SET  PERCENTAGE  GOALS FOR NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED YEARLY
 AND IF A STATE AGENCY SPENDS AN AMOUNT GREATER  THAN  OR  EQUAL  TO  TWO
 MILLION  DOLLARS  ANNUALLY  ON FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS THEN:  IN THE FIRST
 AND SECOND YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AT  LEAST
 FIFTEEN  PERCENT  OF  ALL FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY SUCH STATE
 AGENCY SHALL BE NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS; IN THE  THIRD  YEAR  AFTER
 THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF ALL FOOD
 AND FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY SUCH STATE AGENCY SHALL BE NEW YORK STATE
 FOOD PRODUCTS; AND  IN THE FOURTH YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SECTION  AND  THEREAFTER,  AT  LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL FOOD AND
 FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY SUCH STATE AGENCY SHALL  BE  NEW  YORK  STATE
 FOOD PRODUCTS.
   (B) TO MEET THE GOAL SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION, WHEN A STATE AGEN-
 CY'S CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD OR FOOD PRODUCTS IS TO BE AWARDED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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