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Assembly Bill A2542

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires dairy transporters to have approval from the department in order to charge a dairy hauling surcharge to farmers

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2013-A2542 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง257-b, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3442
2011-2012: A2787
2015-2016: A1373
2017-2018: A1277

2013-A2542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires dairy transporters to have approval from the department in order to charge a dairy hauling surcharge to farmers.

2013-A2542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2542

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, GIGLIO, P. LOPEZ, HAWLEY -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   MONTESANO -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Agriculture

AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to trans-
  portation surcharges

  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 257-b to read as follows:
  S 257-B. TRANSPORTATION SURCHARGES. 1. A DAIRY TRANSPORTER  SHALL  NOT
REQUIRE  AN  INDIVIDUAL FARMER, FARMING COOPERATIVE OR A FARMING ASSOCI-
ATION TO PAY  A  DAIRY  HAULING  SURCHARGE;  UNLESS  SUCH  SURCHARGE  IS
APPROVED  BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE TRANSPORTATION
SURCHARGES WHICH THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS JUSTIFIED SURCHARGES.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A JUSTIFIED  SURCHARGE  SHALL  BE
DEFINED AS A CHARGE DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE ACTUAL COSTS OF TRANSPOR-
TATION  DUE TO THE DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE COST OF FUEL AND ANY UNANTIC-
IPATED COST THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06359-01-3

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