Bill Text: NY S08781 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - referred to education [S08781 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8781

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 11, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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

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

     1    Section 1. Section 103 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this section, in the case of
     4  contracts for goods, services, or  management  in  the  operation  of  a
     5  school's  food  service,  a  board of education, on behalf of its school
     6  district, or a board of cooperative educational services, shall have the
     7  authority to award such contracts on the basis of certain scoring crite-
     8  ria specifically set forth in the solicitation documents  determined  by
     9  the  procurement office or school board to be essential to the provision
    10  of a safe and nutritious food  service  program  with  price  being  the
    11  primary  factor  and  most  heavily  weighted  but not the determinative
    12  factor.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14838-01-4