N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 2877-a

§ 2877-a. The New York state buy American salt act. 1. Use of American\nmaterials. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each contract\nfor purchase or procurement made by any public authority shall contain a\nprovision that the rock salt, or sodium chloride, used or supplied in\nthe performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be\nmined or hand harvested in the United States.\n (b) No bidder shall be deemed to be the lowest responsible and\nreliable bidder and no bid shall be deemed the best value unless the bid\noffered by such bidder will comply with the contract term required by\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (c) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not\napply in any case or category of cases in which the head of such public\nauthority determines that:\n (i) such requirement would not be in the public interest;\n (ii) such requirement would result in unreasonable costs;\n (iii) such materials and products cannot be produced in the United\nStates in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a\nsatisfactory quality; or\n (iv) obtaining such materials and products in the United States would\nincrease the cost of the contract by an unreasonable amount.\n (d) 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 the state finance\nlaw.\n (e) 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 authority" means a state, local or interstate authority as\nthose terms are defined in section two 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