STATE OF NEW YORK
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6288
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to establish an aggregation, storage and distribution of foods
produced by local farms to regional schools pilot program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The office of general services in consultation with the
2 department of agriculture and markets and the department of education
3 shall implement a one year pilot program that utilizes space within at
4 least one warehouse currently dedicated to storing and distributing
5 foods supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture through
6 the National School Lunch Program for the purpose of aggregating, stor-
7 ing and distributing foods produced by local farms to regional schools
8 and other interested entities.
9 § 2. The office of general services in consultation with the depart-
10 ment of agriculture and markets and the department of education shall
11 facilitate the contracting for sale of foods between participating local
12 producers and the schools and entities serviced by the participating
13 warehouses.
14 § 3. At the conclusion of the pilot program, the office of general
15 services in consultation with the department of agriculture and markets
16 and the department of education shall assess the program and submit a
17 report to the legislature and the governor and post such report publicly
18 on such office's website. The report shall include, but not be limited
19 to, identification of the participating local producers, schools and
20 other entities, and the levels and varieties of goods purchased through
21 the pilot program.
22 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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