Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 18, 2013 |
signed chap.530 |
Dec 06, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2013 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.598 substituted for a6628 |
Jun 20, 2013 |
substituted by s2438 rules report cal.598 reported |
Jun 17, 2013 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 04, 2013 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 12, 2013 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A6628
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2438 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Steven Otis
Robert J. Rodriguez
2013-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes provisions to combat the incidence of adult and childhood obesity; provides for direct marketing of fresh vegetables and fruits in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity; directs Cornell cooperative extension program to offer obesity and respiratory disease prevention programs.
2013-A6628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6628 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 12, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to combat- ing the incidence of adult and child obesity and encouraging direct marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables in areas with a high inci- dence of adult and child obesity; and to amend the county law, in relation to the Cornell cooperative extension system relating to adult and childhood obesity, asthma, and respiratory illness prevention THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows: S 3. Declaration of policy and purposes. The agricultural industry is basic to the life of our state. It vitally concerns and affects the welfare, health, economic well-being and productive and industrial capa- bilities of all our people. It is the policy and duty of the state to promote, foster, and encourage the agricultural industry, with proper standards of living for those engaged therein; to design and establish long-range programs for its stabilization and profitable operation; to increase through education, research, regulation, and scientific means, the quantity, quality, and efficiency of its production; to improve its marketing system; to encourage adequate and skilled assistance for agri- cultural enterprises; to maintain at fair prices uncontrolled by specu- lation the instrumentalities and products of agriculture; to remove unnecessary or unfair costs and obstacles in the [transporation] TRANS- PORTATION, storage, processing, distribution, marketing, and sale of agricultural products; to prevent frauds in the traffic therein; to promote an expanded demand for the state's agricultural products and the intelligent uses thereof by consumers as pure and wholesome food; to protect the public health and to eliminate the evils of under-nourish- ment; to encourage the selection and consumption of food according to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06798-01-3
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