Bill Text: NY S03930 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York state schools; appropriates funds therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03930 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03930-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3930
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to establish a task force on food, nutrition and physical  educa-
         tion  to  investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans
         and physical education standards for New York state schools; making an
         appropriation therefor and providing for the repeal of such provisions
         upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The commissioner of health is hereby directed to create a
    2  task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate  and
    3  establish  appropriate  and  healthy  meal  plans and physical education
    4  standards for New York state schools.
    5    S 2. The task force shall consist of 15 members and shall  be  chaired
    6  by  the  commissioner  of  health or his designee. Five members shall be
    7  appointed by the commissioner of health; two members shall be  appointed
    8  upon  the recommendation of the commissioner of education; three members
    9  shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor; two  members
   10  shall  be appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assem-
   11  bly; and two members shall be appointed upon the recommendation  of  the
   12  temporary president of the senate. The commissioner of health may invite
   13  appropriate  ad  hoc representatives from other state and/or local agen-
   14  cies to serve on the task force. Vacancies on the task  force  shall  be
   15  filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
   16    S  3. The task force shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
   17  mendations to the governor, temporary president of the  senate  and  the
   18  speaker of the assembly by September 1, 2013.
   19    S  4.  The  sum  of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or so much
   20  thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of
   21  health from any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to  the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropriated, for its
    2  expenses in carrying out the provisions of this act.
    3    S  5.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
    4  force and effect until  September  1,  2013  when  upon  such  date  the
    5  provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed.