Bill Text: NY S01284 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York calcium purchasing preference initiative by instructing the purchasing agent of any governmental entity to give preference to a product containing a higher level of calcium than products of the same type and quality which are equal to or lower in price than products of the same type and quality.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - PRINT NUMBER 1284A [S01284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01284-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1284--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate  Rule
          6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the  education  law,
          in relation to establishing the New York calcium purchasing preference
          initiative
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
     2  calcium purchasing preference initiative".
     3    §  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
     4  adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows:
     5    5-c.  Establish, in cooperation with the  commissioner  of  education,
     6  the  New  York calcium purchasing preference initiative.  The purchasing
     7  agent for any governmental entity which purchases food or  beverages  to
     8  be  processed  or served in a building or room owned or operated by such
     9  governmental entity shall give preference to foods and beverages that:
    10    (a) contain a higher level of calcium than products of the  same  type
    11  and quality; and
    12    (b)  are equal to or lower in price than products of the same type and
    13  quality.
    14    For the purposes of  this  subdivision,  "governmental  entity"  shall
    15  mean:
    16    (i) the state of New York;
    17    (ii)  a county, city, town, village or any other political subdivision
    18  or civil subdivision of the state;
    19    (iii) a school district or any governmental entity operating a  public
    20  school, college or university;
    21    (iv) a public authority, commission or public benefit corporation;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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