BILL NUMBER:A10077
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to the line of demarcation of milk tenure
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify the point at which milk
ownership changes hands from producer to processor.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The agriculture and markets law is
amended by adding a new section subdivision 5 to section 257-a.
JUSTIFICATION: Dairy farming is a unique business in which the transfer
of ownership of the raw product from the cow to the facility where it is
turned into finished products has been historically unclear. This legis-
lation will ensure that all patties involved are aware of where owner-
ship changes hands between milk producer and milk processor.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: immediately,
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10077
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 3, 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 the line
of demarcation of milk tenure
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 257-a of the agriculture and markets law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
5. OWNERSHIP OF MILK SHALL PASS FROM THE MILK PRODUCER TO THE MILK
PLANT WHEN THE MILK IS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE USED TO TRANSFER IT FROM
THE MILK PRODUCER'S FACILITY TO THE MILK PLANT OR COMMINGLED WITH MILK
FROM OTHER MILK PRODUCERS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16127-02-0
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