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Assembly Bill A9105

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the dairy assistance program; appropriation

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2009-A9105 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-h, UDC Act; add Art 21-D §§258-oo & 258-pp, Ag & Mkts L

2009-A9105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the dairy assistance program within the department of agriculture and markets for the purposes of providing payment to producers for milk produced during the two thousand nine -- two thousand ten calendar years; appropriates $30,000,000 therefor.

2009-A9105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9105

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCOZZAFAVA, CROUCH -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act and
  the agriculture and markets law, in relation to establishing the dairy
  assistance program; making an appropriation  therefor;  and  providing
  for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Section 16-h of section 1 of chapter 174  of  the  laws  of
1968, constituting the New York state urban development corporation act,
is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS
OF THIS PROGRAM, WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING UP  TO  THIRTY
MILLION  DOLLARS,  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE FOR THE DAIRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21-D OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
  S 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new  arti-
cle 21-D to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 21-D
                        DAIRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
SECTION 258-OO. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
        258-PP. DAIRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
  S  258-OO.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS THAT THIS
STATE'S DAIRY FARMERS CONTINUE TO LABOR UNDER A COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY
LOW MILK PRICES WELL BELOW THOSE OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS  AGO,  ALONG  WITH
VERY  HIGH  FUEL,  FEED,  ENERGY,  FERTILIZER AND OTHER OPERATING COSTS.
THESE CONDITIONS HAVE RESULTED IN UNPRECEDENTED LOSSES FOR DAIRY  FARMS.
THE  PRICE  OF  MILK  CONTINUES TO BE WELL BELOW THE COST OF PRODUCTION.
MANY OF THE VENDORS AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES SERVING  DAIRY  FARMERS  HAVE
HAD  TO  PROVIDE  AN  INCREASING  AMOUNT OF CREDIT TO SUCH FARMERS. THIS
ARTICLE IS ENACTED TO ASSIST THE DAIRY FARMERS OF THIS STATE  AND  THEIR
INDUSTRY  IN  A  TIME  OF  GREAT NEED AND TO PREVENT FURTHER LOSS IN THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14573-01-9
              

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