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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » HAY - Highway » Article 2 - Commissioner of Transportation » 12-A – The New York State Buy American Salt Act.
§  12-a.  The New York state buy American salt act. 1. Use of American
materials.  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,   when
soliciting  a contract for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride,
the commissioner of  transportation  may  award  such  contract  to  the
responsible  and  reliable bidder offering to supply rock salt or sodium
chloride that is mined or hand harvested in the United States, and which
offer is within ten percent of the lowest price  or  best  value  offer,
rather than to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder.

(b) If it has been determined by a court or federal or state agency that any person intentionally:

(i) affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any rock salt, or sodium chloride product used in projects to which this section applies, sold in or shipped to the United States that was not mined or hand harvested in the United States; or

(ii) represented that any rock salt, or sodium chloride product procured in a contract to which this section applies that was not produced in the United States, was produced in the United States; then that person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract with this state pursuant to the debarment or suspension provisions provided under section one hundred thirty-nine-a of the state finance law.

(c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the state's obligations under any applicable international agreements pertaining to government procurement. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless specified otherwise:

(a) "Mined or hand harvested in the United States" means: extracted or collected from land or ponds within the boundary of the United States, from the initial separation from the earth through the addition of any additives necessary for commercial sale;

(b) "United States" means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.