The New York State Senate

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                                  2164

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
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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 and the  education  law,
  in relation to farm conservation practices

  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 45 to read as follows:
  45. DEFINE AND REVIEW ON AN ON-GOING BASIS FARM CONSERVATION PRACTICES
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION  COMMITTEE  TO
DETERMINE  THE  SCOPE  OF  ENGINEERING,  LAND  SURVEYING OR ARCHITECTURE
NECESSARY FOR SUCH PRACTICES.
  S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section  7209  of  the  education
law,  as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
follows:
  b. To alterations to any building or structure  costing  ten  thousand
dollars  or  less  which do not involve changes affecting the structural
safety or public safety thereof nor to farm buildings, including  barns,
sheds,  poultry  houses and other buildings used directly and solely for
agricultural purposes; NOR TO FARM  CONSERVATION  PRACTICES,  EXCEPT  AS
DETERMINED  NECESSARY  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS AND
THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE; nor to residence build-
ings of gross floor area of fifteen hundred square  feet  or  less,  not
including  garages,  carports,  porches, cellars, or uninhabitable base-
ments or attics.
  S 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 5 of section  7307  of  the  education
law,  as  amended by chapter 994 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. Farm buildings, including barns, sheds, poultry  houses  and  other
buildings  used  directly  and  solely for agricultural purposes; NOR TO
FARM CONSERVATION PRACTICES,  EXCEPT  AS  DETERMINED  NECESSARY  BY  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03441-01-1

A. 2164                             2

DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS  AND  THE STATE SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE; nor to residence  buildings  of  gross  area  of
fifteen  hundred  square  feet or less, not including garages, carports,
porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.