Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish a program to purchase fresh produce from farms located in the state and distribute such fresh produce to correctional facilities in the state to be utilized in the provision of wholesome and nutritious food to incarcerated individuals.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6854
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a
program to purchase fresh produce from farms in the state for incar-
cerated individuals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. The commissioner shall establish a program to purchase fresh
4 produce from farms located in the state and distribute such fresh
5 produce to correctional facilities in the state to be utilized in the
6 provision of wholesome and nutritious food to incarcerated individuals
7 pursuant to the provisions of this section.
8 § 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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