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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S276
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S276 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง16, Ag & Mkts L
2009-S276 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to notify individual producers of milk in a dairy cooperative of any proposed agreements and orders affecting either the northeast milk marketing area or the western New York milk marketing area; requires notice to occur not less than thirty days prior to the referendum date and include the nature of the proposed amendment.
2009-S276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S276 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to notification of milk producers under certain circumstances PURPOSE : To authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets (the Commissioner) to notify milk producers who are members of certain dairy cooperatives in the event of proposed changes to milk marketing agreements and/or orders. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 16 of the Agriculture and Markets Law (AML), which refers to the general powers and duties of the Commissioner, is amended to provide the above requirement. JUSTIFICATION : In 1999, dairy farmers across New York and other states voted on a referendum that was perhaps the most significant change in dairy policy in sixty years. Many, however, never actually voted on the issues that no doubt have an impact on their milk check every month. Instead, their dairy marketing cooperatives cast the vote in a procedure called "bloc voting."
2009-S276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 276 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to notifi- cation of milk producers under certain circumstances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new subdivision 44 to read as follows: 44. NOTIFY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS WHO PRODUCE MILK AS A MEMBER OF ANY DAIRY COOPERATIVE THAT DOES NOT DISTRIBUTE INDIVIDUAL VOTING BALLOTS TO ITS MEMBERS IN THE EVENT THAT AMENDMENTS TO MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS AFFECTING EITHER THE NORTHEAST MILK MARKETING AREA OR THE WESTERN NEW YORK MILK MARKETING AREA ARE PROPOSED. NOTIFICATION SHALL OCCUR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM DATE AND SHALL INDICATE TO SUCH PRODUCERS THE GENERAL NATURE OF ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENT. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00449-01-9
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