BILL NUMBER:A10902
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to including farm land which includes agricultural amusements
within provisions of law relating to agricultural districts
PURPOSE: To clarify that those portions of land used in support of a
farm operation which include corn and hay bale mazes are eligible for
the benefits' of the agricultural districts law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section
301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law to clarify that those portions of
land used in support of a farm operation which include corn and hay bale
mazes are eligible for the benefits of the agricultural districts law.
JUSTIFICATION: This state is home to some 38,000 farms encompassing
roughly 7.8 million acres of cropland, pasture and woodlands from Erie
County to Suffolk County. These farms produce nearly $3.1 billion annu-
ally in direct economic output and probably double or triple that in
indirect economic benefits with the farming and food industry employing
over 425,000 people. Given the enormous economic impact that agriculture
has on the economy of this state we must do everything we can to ensure
that our farmers survive.
Part of the way that farmers are surviving is by turning to, on a small
scale, on farm, agritourism related activities including corn and hay
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10902
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 29, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to includ-
ing farm land which includes agricultural amusements within provisions
of law relating to agricultural districts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul-
ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is
amended to read as follows:
c. Land used in support of a farm operation or land used in agricul-
tural production, constituting a portion of a parcel, as identified on
the assessment roll, which also contains land qualified for an agricul-
tural assessment. SUCH LAND SHALL INCLUDE LAND USED FOR AGRICULTURAL
AMUSEMENTS WHICH ARE PRODUCED FROM CROPS GROWN OR PRODUCED ON THE FARM,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH CROPS ARE HARVESTED AND MARKETED IN THE SAME MANNER
AS OTHER CROPS PRODUCED ON SUCH FARM. SUCH AGRICULTURAL AMUSEMENTS SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SO-CALLED "CORN MAZES" OR "HAY BALE
MAZES".
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07204-01-9
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