§ 162-a. The New York state buy American salt act. 1. Use of American\nmaterials.
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when\nsoliciting a contract for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride,\nany department or agency of the state may award such contract to the\nresponsible and reliable bidder offering to supply rock salt or sodium\nchloride that is mined or hand harvested in the United States, and which\noffer is within ten percent of the lowest price or best value offer,\nrather than to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder.\n (b) If it has been determined by a court or federal or state agency\nthat any person intentionally:\n (i) affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any\ninscription with the same meaning, to any rock salt, or sodium chlori
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§ 162-a. The New York state buy American salt act. 1. Use of American\nmaterials. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when\nsoliciting a contract for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride,\nany department or agency of the state may award such contract to the\nresponsible and reliable bidder offering to supply rock salt or sodium\nchloride that is mined or hand harvested in the United States, and which\noffer is within ten percent of the lowest price or best value offer,\nrather than to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder.\n (b) If it has been determined by a court or federal or state agency\nthat any person intentionally:\n (i) affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any\ninscription with the same meaning, to any rock salt, or sodium chloride\nproduct used in projects to which this section applies, sold in or\nshipped to the United States that was not mined or hand harvested in the\nUnited States; or\n (ii) represented that any rock salt, or sodium chloride product\nprocured in a contract to which this section applies that was not\nproduced in the United States, was produced in the United States; then\nthat person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract\nwith this state pursuant to the debarment or suspension provisions\nprovided under section one hundred thirty-nine-a of this chapter.\n (c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the\nstate's obligations under any applicable international agreements\npertaining to government procurement.\n 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words\nshall have the following meanings unless specified otherwise:\n (a) "Public agency" means a governmental entity as that term is\ndefined in section one hundred thirty-nine-j of this chapter;\n (b) "Mined or hand harvested in the United States" means: extracted or\ncollected from land or ponds within the boundary of the United States,\nfrom the initial separation from the earth through the addition of any\nadditives necessary for commercial sale;\n (c) "United States" means the United States of America and includes\nall territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of\nthe United States.\n