Senate Bill S3336

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to contracts for school food services

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Procurement And Contracts Committee

  • 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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2025-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2576
Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8781, A9510

2025-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.

2025-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3336
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COONEY,  HELMING, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for
   school food services; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 103 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, IN THE CASE OF
 CONTRACTS FOR GOODS, SERVICES, OR  MANAGEMENT  IN  THE  OPERATION  OF  A
 SCHOOL'S  FOOD  SERVICE,  A  BOARD OF EDUCATION, ON BEHALF OF ITS SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, OR A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SHALL HAVE THE
 AUTHORITY TO AWARD SUCH CONTRACTS ON THE BASIS OF CERTAIN SCORING CRITE-
 RIA SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS  DETERMINED  BY
 THE  PROCUREMENT OFFICE OR SCHOOL BOARD TO BE ESSENTIAL TO THE PROVISION
 OF A SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD  SERVICE  PROGRAM  WITH  PRICE  BEING  THE
 PRIMARY  FACTOR  AND  MOST  HEAVILY  WEIGHTED  BUT NOT THE DETERMINATIVE
 FACTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed five years after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03265-01-5

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