Senate Bill S1809

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1809 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5154
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง31-j, Ag & Mkts L

2015-S1809 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical corrections to chapter 525 of the laws of 2014 relating to encouraging community-based organizations to increase opportunities for seniors to participate in community gardens; adjusts the age of those who qualify as seniors.

2015-S1809 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1809 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1809

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  encour-
  aging  community-based  organizations  to  increase  opportunities for
  seniors to participate in community gardens

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 31-j of the agri-
culture  and markets law, as amended by chapter 525 of the laws of 2014,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a) The goals of the task force may include, but are not  limited  to,
the study, evaluation and development of recommendations: (i) to encour-
age  the establishment and expansion of community gardens by state agen-
cies, municipal governments and private parties, (ii) to encourage coop-
eration between the activities and operations of community  gardens  and
provision  of  donated  food to local voluntary food assistance programs
for the poor and disadvantaged, (iii)  to  increase  the  benefits  that
community  gardens  may provide to the local community in which they are
located, and (iv) to encourage cooperation with  community-based  organ-
izations  to  increase the opportunities for seniors, those aged [sixty-
two] SIXTY years of age or older, to participate in community gardens.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07349-01-5


              

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