BILL NUMBER:A9910
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to game bird breeding
PURPOSE:
To extend agricultural district protections to on-farm breeding of
certain game birds provided that such farm is otherwise eligible for the
agricultural assessment of farm operation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law is amended to include
game birds bred and/or raised with a DEC permitted Class A game bird
license within the definition of livestock and livestock products for
purposes of Article 25-AA Agricultural Districts Law.
EXISTING LAW:
Existing law does not provide specific protection to game bird breeders
for on-farm breeding.
JUSTIFICATION:
In this age of global competition, low prices and increasing taxes,
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9910
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 11, 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 game
bird breeding
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
law is amended by adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
K. GAME BIRDS BRED OR RAISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CLASS A GAME BIRD
LICENSE AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 11-1901 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
VATION LAW.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07628-01-9
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