BILL NUMBER: AB 199	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        JANUARY 29, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 58595) to Part 1
of Division 21 of the Food and Agricultural Code,   and to amend
Sections 4330 and 4331 of the Government Code,  relating to
institutional purchasers of agricultural products.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 199, as amended, Holden. Institutional purchasers: sale of
California produce.
   Under existing law, price, fitness, and quality being equal, any
body, officer, or other person charged with the purchase, or
permitted or authorized to purchase supplies for the use of the
state, or of any of its institutions or offices, or for the use of
any county or city, is required to always prefer supplies, defined to
include produce, that are grown, manufactured, or produced in the
state, and is required to next prefer supplies partially
manufactured, grown, or produced in the state.
   This  bill would remove supplies grown or partially grown in
the state from this requirement, and produce from the definition of
supplies. The  bill would  encourage  
require  all California state-owned or state-run 
institutions and all   institutions, except  public
universities, public schools,  and   or 
school districts  in California   ,  to
purchase agricultural products grown in California  to the
extent possible.   from a California company before
those that are grown outside of the state as long as the bid or price
is equal to or less than the bid or price for agricultural products
produced outside the state. The bill would encourage all public
universities, public   schools, and schools in California to
purchase agricultural products grown in California to the greatest
extent possible. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 58595) is added to
Part 1 of Division 21 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 7.  INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASERS


   58595.   (a)    All California state-owned or
state-run  institutions and all   institutions,
except  public universities, public schools,  and
  or  school  districts in California are
encouraged to   districts, shall  purchase
agricultural products grown in California  to the extent
possible   from a California company before those that
are grown outside the state as long as the bid or price   is
equal to or less than the bid or price   for agricultural
products produced outside the state  . 
   (b) All public universities, public schools, and school districts
in California are encouraged to purchase agricultural products grown
in California to the greatest extent possible. 
  SEC. 2.    Section 4330 of the   Government
Code   is amended to read:
   4330.  As used in this article, "supplies" includes goods, wares,
merchandise,  manufactures, and produce   and
manufactures  .
   SEC. 3.    Section 4331 of the   Government
Code   is amended to read: 
   4331.  Price, fitness and quality being equal, any body, officer,
or other person charged with the purchase, or permitted or authorized
to purchase supplies for the use of the  State 
 state  , or of any of its institutions or offices, or for
the use of any county or city shall always prefer supplies 
grown, manufactured,   manufactured  or produced in
the  State   state  , and shall next
prefer supplies partially  manufactured, grown, 
 manufactured  or produced in the  State 
 state  .