Bill Text: NY A07678 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits the Nourish New York program to distribute certain funds without an application or competitive procurement process.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A07678 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07678-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7678--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 2, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CRUZ, SOLAGES, SILLITTI, JEAN-PIERRE, LAVINE,
          L. ROSENTHAL, THIELE, K. BROWN  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Agriculture  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          Nourish New York program

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 452 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law, as added by chapter 631 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The commissioner shall, to the extent permitted by state or federal
     5  appropriations  for  such  purpose,  facilitate programming that ensures
     6  surplus agricultural products are provided to food relief  organizations
     7  at  competitive  wholesale  prices. Notwithstanding sections one hundred
     8  twelve and one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law, any  monies
     9  appropriated for the purposes of this section shall be distributed with-
    10  out  an  application  or  competitive  procurement  process  to  the ten
    11  regional food banks. Such funds shall be  distributed  to  each  region;
    12  provided,  in regions with more than one regional food bank, funds shall
    13  be distributed equally to food banks within such region.  Regional  food
    14  banks may suballocate funds to food relief organizations.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11688-05-3