S07525 Summary:
BILL NO | S07525 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A09379 |
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SPONSOR | VALESKY |
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Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L | |
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Relates to the reimbursement of schools for purchasing New York farm products; establishes rates of reimbursement dependent upon the percentage that New York farm products constitute a school's food purchases. |
S07525 Actions:
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05/06/2016 | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE |
S07525 Committee Votes:
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Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7525 IN SENATE May 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the reimbursement of schools for purchasing New York farm products The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows: 3 5-c. The commissioner of education shall reimburse school nutrition 4 programs at an additional rate based on the percentage that New York 5 farm products constitute of each program's food purchases in a school 6 year. Schools for which New York farm products constitute at least ten 7 percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an additional five cents 8 per meal; schools for which New York farm products constitute at least 9 fifteen percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an additional ten 10 cents per meal; schools for which New York farm products constitute at 11 least twenty percent of food purchases will be reimbursed an additional 12 twenty-five cents per meal. 13 The commissioner shall provide schools with an approved vendor list. 14 Schools shall verify and submit their percentage of New York farm 15 purchases to the department per the reimbursement schedule established 16 by the commissioner prior to reimbursement. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13910-01-6