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Assembly Bill A9787

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to agriculture and farmland protection programs

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2013-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง324 & 324-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A2369

2013-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to agriculture and farmland protection programs; includes efforts to support the successful transfer of agricultural land from existing owners to new owners and operators, especially new and beginning farmers in what should be included in agricultural and farmland protection plans.

2013-A9787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9787

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to agricul-
  ture and farmland protection programs

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 324 of the agri-
culture and markets law, as added by chapter 797 of the laws of 1992, is
amended to read as follows:
  (c) a description of the activities, programs and strategies,  INCLUD-
ING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FROM
EXISTING  OWNERS  TO NEW OWNERS AND OPERATORS, ESPECIALLY NEW AND BEGIN-
NING FARMERS, intended to be used by the  county  to  promote  continued
agricultural  use,  WHICH MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO REVISIONS TO
THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  THIRTY-
NINE-D OR TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-I OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
  S  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 324-a of the agricul-
ture and markets law, as added by chapter 527 of the laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  a  description  of activities, programs and strategies, INCLUDING
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER  OF  AGRICULTURAL  LAND  FROM
EXISTING  OWNERS  TO NEW OWNERS AND OPERATORS, ESPECIALLY NEW AND BEGIN-
NING FARMERS, intended to be used by the municipality to promote contin-
ued agricultural use, which may include but not be limited to  revisions
to  the  municipality's comprehensive plan pursuant to [paragraph (a) of
subdivision two of] section two hundred seventy-two-a of  the  town  law
[and land use regulations as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision two
of  section  two hundred seventy-two-a of the town law] OR SECTION 7-722
OF THE VILLAGE LAW as appropriate.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15023-01-4

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