BILL NUMBER: AB 199	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Alejo   ) 

                        JANUARY 29, 2013

   An act to add  and repeal  Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 58595) to Part 1 of Division 21 of the Food and Agricultural
Code, and to  amend   amend, repeal, and add
 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  , until January 1, 2017,  remove
supplies grown or partially grown in the state from this requirement,
and produce from the definition of supplies. The  bill
  bill, the Choose California Act,  would 
until January 1, 2017,  require all California state-owned or
state-run institutions, except public universities, public schools,
 or   and  school districts, to purchase
agricultural products grown in California  to the extent possible
 from a California company  to the extent possible
 before those that are grown outside of the state, as
specified. The bill would , until January 1, 2017, 
encourage all public universities, public schools, and 
schools   school districts  in California to
purchase agricultural products grown in California to the greatest
extent possible.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    All public universities, public
schools, and school districts in California are encouraged to
purchase agricultural products grown in California to the greatest
extent possible. 
   SECTION 1.   This act shall be known, and may be
cited, as the Choose California Act. 
  SEC. 2.  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  OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS 


   58595.   (a)    All California state-owned or
state-run institutions, except public universities, public schools,
 or   and  school 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 both of the following are met: 
   (a) 
    (1)  The bid or price is equal to or less than the bid
or price for agricultural products produced outside the state.

   (b) 
    (2)  The availability and delivery schedule of the
agricultural products is acceptable. 
   (b) This section shall only apply to a contract to purchase
agricultural products for a value that is less than the value of the
threshold for supplies and services for which California has
obligated itself under the Agreement on Government Procurement of the
World Trade Organization.  
   58596.  All public universities, public schools, and school
districts in California are encouraged to purchase agricultural
products grown in California to the greatest extent possible. 

   58597.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 3.   Section 4330 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
   4330.   (a)    As used in this article,
"supplies" includes goods, wares, merchandise, and manufactures. 

   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 4.    Section 4330 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   4330.  (a) As used in this article, "supplies" includes goods,
wares, merchandise, manufactures, and produce.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017. 
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 5.   Section 4331 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
   4331.   (a)    Price,  fitness 
 fitness,  and quality being equal, any body, officer, or
other person charged with the purchase  of  , 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  ,  shall always prefer supplies
manufactured or produced in the state, and shall next prefer supplies
partially manufactured or produced in the state. 
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 6.    Section 4331 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   4331.  (a) Price, fitness, and quality being equal, any body,
officer, or other person charged with the purchase of, 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, shall always prefer supplies grown, manufactured, or produced
in the state, and shall next prefer supplies partially manufactured,
grown, or produced in the state.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.