Assembly Bill A9877

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish a Dine: Pride of New York program for restaurants which use ingredients produced in New York state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6965
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §156-j, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A2702, S2146

2011-A9877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish a Dine: Pride of New York program for restaurants which use ingredients produced in New York state.

2011-A9877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9877

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 19, 2012
                               ___________

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  estab-
  lishing  the Dine: Pride of New York program for restaurants using and
  serving New York state produced foods and food products

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

  Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 156-j to read as follows:
  S 156-J. DINE: PRIDE OF NEW YORK. 1. DEFINITIONS.   AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
  (A)  "NEW  YORK  PRODUCT"  MEANS (I) NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCT
PACKED WITHIN THIS STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  OFFICIAL  STANDARDS  ESTAB-
LISHED  AS  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE, ARTICLE THIRTEEN, ARTICLE THIR-
TEEN-A, ARTICLE THIRTEEN-B, ARTICLE THIRTEEN-C AND ARTICLE THIRTEEN-D OF
THIS CHAPTER OR ANY NEW YORK STATE PRODUCED OR LANDED  AQUATIC  PRODUCT,
SUBJECT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGAT-
ED BY THE COMMISSIONER; OR
  (II)  ANY  NEW  YORK STATE PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT, MANUFACTURED WITHIN
THIS STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  OFFICIAL  STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO REGULATION, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPOSED OF
NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCTS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHENEVER THE
COMMISSIONER DETERMINES, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, THAT THE USE OF  INGREDI-
ENTS  NOT  GROWN OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE IS NECESSARY OR BENEFICIAL IN
MANUFACTURING A PARTICULAR PRODUCT BECAUSE SUCH INGREDIENTS  ARE  EITHER
NOT  GROWN  IN  NEW  YORK  OR UNAVAILABLE IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OR AT A
REASONABLE PRICE TO ALLOW THE PRODUCT TO BE COMPOSED OF  ONLY  NEW  YORK
STATE  GROWN  FARM PRODUCTS, THE STANDARD FOR SUCH PRODUCT MAY AUTHORIZE
THE INCLUSION OF INGREDIENTS NOT PRODUCED IN THIS STATE, EXCEPT THAT  IN
NO  EVENT  SHALL AN OFFICIAL BRAND OR MARK BE APPROVED FOR USE ON A FOOD
PRODUCT UNLESS AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF ITS CONTENT IS DERIVED FROM
NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCTS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14878-04-2

              

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