Bill Text: NY S06731 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to order from certain farmers without requiring a waiver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6182 [S06731 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06731-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6731
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
          school  districts  to  order  from certain farmers without requiring a
          waiver
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 103 of the gener-
     2  al  municipal  law,  as  amended  by chapter 269 of the laws of 2004, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) (i) such association of producers or growers is comprised  of  ten
     5  or  fewer  owners  of  farms  who  also  operate such farms and who have
     6  combined to fill the order of a school district  as  herein  authorized,
     7  provided  however,  that a school district may apply to the commissioner
     8  of education for permission to purchase from an association of more than
     9  ten owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have offered
    10  to sell to such school; or
    11    (ii) such association of producers or growers is comprised  of  owners
    12  of farms who also operate such farms and have combined to fill the order
    13  of  a  school district, and where such order is for twenty-five thousand
    14  dollars or less as herein authorized, provided however,  that  a  school
    15  district  may  apply  to the commissioner of education for permission to
    16  purchase orders of more than twenty-five thousand dollars from an  asso-
    17  ciation  of owners of such farms when no other producers or growers have
    18  offered to sell to such school;
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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