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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PBULIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, McCaffrey, Miller, DiMario, Valverde, DiPalma, | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 37-2-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-2 entitled "State |
2 | Purchases" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 37-2-8. Rhode Island foodstuffs. |
4 | When foodstuffs of good quality grown or produced in Rhode Island by Rhode Island |
5 | farmers and seafood landed in Rhode Island are available, the purchasing agent is directed to |
6 | purchase those foodstuffs and seafood at the prevailing market prices when any of those foodstuffs |
7 | or seafood are required by the state institutions. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO PBULIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES | |
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1 | This act would include seafood landed in Rhode Island among the items that purchasing |
2 | agents for state institutions are directed to purchase at prevailing market prices if available. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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