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45A.645 Agencies to purchase Kentucky-grown products meeting quality
standards and pricing requirements if available -- Reports -- Marketing
assistance -- Annual report -- Vendors' duties.
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If purchasing agricultural products, state agencies, as defined by KRS
45A.505, shall purchase Kentucky-grown agricultural products if the
products are available and if the vendor can meet the applicable quality
standards and pricing requirements of the state agency.
(b) All state agencies that purchase agricultural products shall, on or before
January 1 of each year, provide a report to the Legislative Research
Commission and to the Department of Agriculture describing the types,
quantities, and costs of each product purchased. The report shall be
completed on a form provided by the department.
(a) Prospective vendors of Kentucky-grown agricultural products may apply
to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture for marketing assistance for
the authorized use of logos or labeling statements to be used on
Kentucky-grown agricultural products under KRS 260.017, the Kentucky
Proud Program.
(b) Before a state agency may purchase Kentucky-grown agricultural
products, the vendor shall be required to participate in the Kentucky
Proud Program established by KRS 260.017, and shall provide to the
purchasing officer written certification that the agricultural products under
consideration for purchase meet the definition of Kentucky-grown
agricultural product.
(c) All state agencies that purchase Kentucky-grown agricultural products
shall, on or before January 1 of each year, provide a report to the
Legislative Research Commission and to the Department of Agriculture
describing the types, quantities, and costs of each product purchased.
The report shall be completed on a form provided by the department.
If a contract is awarded to a vendor that supplies agricultural products that are
raised or produced outside the United States or its territories, the vendor shall
be required to identify the country in which the agricultural product was raised
or produced if the vendor is the producer or packager of the product or if the
vendor is not the producer or packager, provided the information is available to
the vendor from the producer or packager of the product. The producer or
packager shall clearly label that information on any containers or packages
holding the product.
Effective:June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009. -Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 244, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts
ch. 344, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2002.
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