STATE OF NEW YORK
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4281
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 8, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, BOYLE, DeFRANCISCO,
FUNKE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to increasing the
purchasing limit for school districts to order from certain farmers
without a waiver
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of
2 section 103 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 62 of
3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
4 (ii) such association of producers or growers is comprised of owners
5 of farms who also operate such farms and have combined to fill the order
6 of a school district, and where such order is for [twenty-five] one
7 hundred fifty thousand dollars or less as herein authorized, provided
8 however, that a school district may apply to the commissioner of educa-
9 tion for permission to purchase orders of more than [twenty-five] one
10 hundred fifty thousand dollars from an association of owners of such
11 farms when no other producers or growers have offered to sell to such
12 school;
13 § 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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