Bill Text: NY A10206 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to solicitation of available New York food products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-11 - referred to governmental operations [A10206 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A10206-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10206 I N A S S E M B L Y May 11, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to solicitation of available New York food products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a, d, f and g of subdivision 4 of section 165 of 2 the state finance law, as amended by chapter 137 of the laws of 2008, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 a. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, when letting 5 contracts for the purchase of food products on behalf of facilities and 6 institutions of the state, solicitation specifications of the office of 7 general services and any other agency, department, office, board or 8 commission may require provisions that mandate that all or some of the 9 required food products are grown, produced or harvested in New York 10 state, or that any processing of such food products take place in facil- 11 ities located within New York state. 12 (I) ALL SUCH SOLICITATIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD PRODUCTS SHALL 13 INCLUDE THE LIST OF FOOD PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRI- 14 CULTURE AND MARKETS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND 15 (II) NOTICE THAT SUCH FOOD PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE IN SUFFICIENT QUAN- 16 TITIES FOR COMPETITIVE PURCHASING AND THAT THE LIST WAS DEVELOPED TO 17 ASSIST THE STATE IN INCREASING PURCHASES OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD 18 PRODUCTS. 19 d. The commissioner, and the commissioner of agriculture and markets, 20 [may] SHALL issue [such] regulations [as they deem necessary and proper] 21 for the implementation of this subdivision, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 22 TO: 23 (I) ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES THAT WILL ASSIST AGENCIES IN INCREASING 24 THEIR USE AND PURCHASE OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS; 25 (II) PUBLISHING SUCH PURCHASING GUIDELINES ON THE OFFICE OF GENERAL 26 SERVICES WEBSITE, DISSEMINATING SUCH GUIDELINES TO AGENCIES AND TRAINING 27 CONTRACTING PERSONNEL ON IMPLEMENTING SUCH GUIDELINES; AND 28 (III) PROVIDING FOR MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15392-02-2 A. 10206 2 1 f. (i) With each offer, the offerer shall certify that the food 2 products provided pursuant to that solicitation will be in conformity 3 with the provisions of the percentage required to meet or exceed the 4 requirements in the solicitation specifying that all or some of the food 5 products be grown, produced, or harvested within New York state or that 6 any processing of such food products take place in facilities located 7 within New York state. 8 (ii) Any successful offerer who fails to comply with the provisions of 9 this subdivision, at the discretion of such agency, board, office or 10 commission, shall forfeit the right to bid on contracts let under the 11 provisions of this subdivision for a period of time to be determined by 12 the commissioner and the commissioner of agriculture and markets. 13 (III) EVERY SUCCESSFUL OFFERER SHALL: 14 (1) REVIEW THE LIST OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS DEVELOPED PURSUANT 15 TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY SUCH 16 PRODUCTS ARE BEING PROVIDED UNDER THEIR CONTRACTS; 17 (2) REPORT TO THE PROCURING AGENCY ALL OF THE FOOD PRODUCTS AND PROC- 18 ESSED FOOD PROCURED UNDER SUCH CONTRACTS, CATEGORIZED BY SPECIFIC TYPE, 19 TOGETHER WITH THE DOLLAR VALUE OF EACH SUCH TYPE PROCURED UNDER SUCH 20 CONTRACT, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND KNOWN TO SUCH VENDOR; AND 21 (3) FOR EACH SUCH TYPE OF FOOD PRODUCT OR PROCESSED FOOD INCLUDED ON 22 THE LIST OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS, REPORT TO THE PROCURING AGEN- 23 CY, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND KNOWN TO SUCH VENDOR: 24 (A) ANY SUCH NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCT PROCURED UNDER SUCH CONTRACT, 25 TOGETHER WITH THE DOLLAR VALUE OF EACH SUCH TYPE PROCURED UNDER SUCH 26 CONTRACT; 27 (B) ANY SUCH FOOD PRODUCT FROM OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE PROCURED 28 UNDER SUCH CONTRACT DURING ITS LISTED NEW YORK STATE AVAILABILITY PERI- 29 OD, TOGETHER WITH THE DOLLAR VALUE OF EACH SUCH TYPE PROCURED UNDER SUCH 30 CONTRACT; AND 31 (C) ANY OTHER SUCH FOOD PRODUCT FROM OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE OR 32 PROCESSED FOOD FROM FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE PROCURED UNDER 33 SUCH CONTRACT FROM OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE, TOGETHER WITH THE DOLLAR 34 VALUE OF EACH SUCH TYPE PROCURED UNDER SUCH CONTRACT. 35 g. NO LATER THAN DECEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 36 ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 37 THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, AT MINIMUM: 38 (I) A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICE'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE THE 39 TRACKING OF INFORMATION RELATING TO NEW YORK STATE FOOD PROCURED BY 40 AGENCIES; AND 41 (II) THE INFORMATION COLLECTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH F OF THIS SUBDI- 42 VISION, COMPILED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING, DISAGGREGATED BY FOOD PRODUCT 43 AND PROCESSED FOOD: 44 (A) THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF NEW YORK STATE FOOD PRODUCTS PROCURED BY 45 AGENCIES; 46 (B) THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF FOOD PRODUCTS FROM OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK 47 STATE PROCURED BY AGENCIES DURING THEIR LISTED NEW YORK STATE AVAILABIL- 48 ITY PERIODS; AND 49 (C) THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF ALL OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS FROM OUTSIDE OF 50 NEW YORK STATE AND PROCESSED FOOD FROM FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK 51 STATE. 52 H. The commissioner and the commissioner of agriculture and markets, 53 shall advise and assist the chancellor of the state university of New 54 York in extending the benefits of the provisions of this subdivision to 55 the university and shall modify any regulations or procedures heretofore A. 10206 3 1 established pursuant to this subdivision, in order to facilitate such 2 participation. 3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 5 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 6 for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized 7 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.