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                                   705

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sens. LARKIN, BONACIC, LEIBELL, LITTLE, MORAHAN, SALAND,
  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
  industrial development agencies to provide assistance to  agricultural
  producers

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

  Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph  of  section  852  of  the
general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
  It  is  hereby  declared to be the policy of this state to promote the
economic welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its  inhab-
itants  and  to  actively promote, attract, encourage and develop recre-
ation, economically sound commerce [and], industry AND AGRICULTURE,  and
economically  sound  projects  identified  and called for to implement a
state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
be governmental agencies and instrumentalities  and  to  grant  to  such
industrial  development  agencies the rights and powers provided in this
article.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 854 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  541  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
follows:
  (4) "Project" - shall mean any land, any building  or  other  improve-
ment,  and  all real and personal properties located within the state of
New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
the municipality for whose benefit the agency  was  created,  including,
but  not  limited  to,  machinery, equipment and other facilities deemed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or  incidental  thereto,
whether  or  not  now in existence or under construction, which shall be
suitable for  manufacturing,  warehousing,  research,  commercial  [or],
industrial OR AGRICULTURAL purposes or other economically sound purposes
identified and called for to implement a state designated urban cultural
park management plan as provided in title G of the parks, recreation and
historic  preservation  law  and which may include or mean an industrial
pollution  control  facility,  a  recreation  facility,  educational  or
cultural  facility,  a  horse  racing  facility  or a railroad facility,
provided, however, no agency shall use  its  funds  in  respect  of  any
project  wholly  or partially outside the municipality for whose benefit
the agency was created without the prior consent thereto by the  govern-
ing  body  or  bodies of all the other municipalities in which a part or
parts of the project is, or is to be, located.
  S 3. Section 854 of the general municipal law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  (20)  "AGRICULTURE"  OR  "AGRICULTURAL"  -  SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE
PRODUCTION OF ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FLORICULTURAL OR AQUACUL-
TURAL PRODUCT OF THE SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS  BEEN  GROWN,  HARVESTED  OR
PRODUCED  WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS, VEGETA-
BLES, EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND  POULTRY
PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, AND FRUIT JUICE AND INCLUDES
THE COMMERCIAL RAISING, SHEARING, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS ON A
FARM OR RANCH.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.