NY State Senate Bill 2013-S2709A

Senate Bill S2709A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans to 85% of the cost thereof

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2014	print number 2709a
Jan 29, 2014	amend and recommit to agriculture
Jan 08, 2014	referred to agriculture
Jan 23, 2013	referred to agriculture

Bill Amendments

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2013-S2709 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §325, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2473
2011-2012: S869
2015-2016: S3023
2017-2018: S3934
2019-2020: S883, S4798

2013-S2709 - Summary

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof.

2013-S2709 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2709 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2709

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in  relation  to  state
  assistance  payments  for  implementation of agricultural and farmland
  protection plans; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
  expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 325 of the agriculture and markets
law,  as  amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. Subject to the availability of funds, a program  is  hereby  estab-
lished  to  finance through state assistance payments the state share of
the costs of county and municipal agricultural and  farmland  protection
activities.  State assistance payments for planning activities shall not
exceed fifty thousand dollars to each county agricultural  and  farmland
protection  board  or  one  hundred  thousand dollars to two such boards
applying jointly, and shall not exceed fifty  percent  of  the  cost  of
preparing an agricultural and farmland protection plan. State assistance
payments  for  planning activities shall not exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars to each municipality other  than  a  county  or  fifty  thousand
dollars  to  two  such  municipalities  applying  jointly, and shall not
exceed seventy-five percent of the cost of preparing an agricultural and
farmland protection plan.  A  county  which  has  an  approved  farmland
protection  plan  may  after  one hundred twenty months from the date of
such approval by the commissioner apply for additional state  assistance
payments  for  planning  activities  related  to  the  updating of their
current plan or development of a  new  farmland  protection  plan.  Such
additional  state  assistance  payments  shall not exceed fifty thousand
dollars to each county agricultural and farmland protection board or one
hundred thousand dollars to two such boards applying jointly, and  shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06921-01-3

S. 2709                             2

not  exceed  fifty  percent of the cost of preparing an agricultural and
farmland protection plan. State assistance payments  for  implementation
of  approved  agricultural  and farmland protection plans may fund up to
[seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost of implementing the coun-
ty  plan  or portion of the plan for which state assistance payments are
requested. State assistance payments to such counties shall  not  exceed
[seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost of implementing the local
plan  or  portion  of  the  plan  for  which  state  assistance has been
requested. Such maximum shall be increased by a percentage equal to  the
percentage  of the total eligible costs for such specified projects that
are contributed by the owner of the  agricultural  land  for  which  the
project  is  being funded, provided, however, that in no event shall the
total of such state assistance payments exceed eighty-seven and one-half
percent of such eligible costs for any specified project.
  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 325 of the  agriculture
and  markets  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 234 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) Within a county, a municipality which has in place a  local  farm-
land  protection  plan  may apply and shall be eligible for agricultural
protection state assistance payments to implement its plan, or a portion
of its plan, provided the proposed project is endorsed  for  funding  by
the  agricultural  and farmland protection board for the county in which
the municipality is located and that any  plan  developed  on  or  after
January  first,  two  thousand  six  complies with section three hundred
twenty-four-a of this article. State assistance payments to such munici-
palities shall not exceed [seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost
of implementing the local plan or portion of the plan  for  which  state
assistance  has  been  requested.  Such  maximum shall be increased by a
percentage equal to the percentage of the total eligible costs for  such
specified projects that are contributed by the owner of the agricultural
land  for  which the project is being funded; provided, however, that in
no event shall the total of such state assistance payments exceed eight-
y-seven and one-half percent of such eligible costs  for  any  specified
project.  The  commissioner  may  require such information or additional
planning as he or she deems necessary to evaluate  such  a  request  for
state assistance.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years after such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §325, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2473
2011-2012: S869
2015-2016: S3023
2017-2018: S3934
2019-2020: S883, S4798

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof.

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2709A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to state assistance payments for implementation of
agricultural and farmland protection plans; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

PURPOSE: The purpose of the bill is to encourage more participation in
the State's agricultural and farmland protection program by farmers,
counties and municipalities, by increasing the State share of the cost
of implementing agricultural and farmland protection plans.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends Agriculture and Markets Law
(AML) § 325(1) and (2), by increasing the limit on State assistance
payments for implementation of approved agricultural and farmland
protection plans by counties, and local farmland protection plans by
municipalities, from 73 to 85 percent.

EXISTING LAW: AML § 325 limits State assistance payments to 75 percent
of the cost of implementing county and municipal farmland protection
plans.

JUSTIFICATION: For qualified farms, the State provides assistance
payments to help fund up to 75 percent of the cost of conservation
easements purchased by counties and municipalities pursuant to a
county or municipal farmland protection plan. Counties and

municipalities have frequently sought out additional sources of
funding, such as the federal Farmland Protection Program, to defer the
remaining costs. In the last few years, due to conditions placed on
federal grants that conflict with the goals of the State's program,
the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) decided not to
continue to allow federal monies to be used to help pay for the
unfunded portion of the State program. As a result, some interested
farmers and local governments did not participate in the program. By
increasing the amount the State will contribute toward the cost of the
acquisition of conservation easements from 75 to 85 percent, the bill
provides added financial incentive for farmers and local governments
to participate in the program.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011,2012: S.869 Referred to Agriculture
2009,2010: S.2473 Referred to Agriculture 2007,2008: S.43338/A.73613
Passed the Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. The number of projects that the Department
could fund, however, might decrease because each farm awarded a grant
would receive up to 10% more of the funds available for the program
from the Environmental Protection Fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately and shall
expire and be deemed repealed three years after such effective date.

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2709--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Agriculture  --
  recommitted  to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to state
  assistance payments for implementation of  agricultural  and  farmland
  protection plans; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
  expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 325 of the agriculture and markets
law, as amended by chapter 150 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  Subject  to  the availability of funds, a program is hereby estab-
lished to finance through state assistance payments the state  share  of
the  costs  of  locally-led  agricultural and farmland protection activ-
ities. State assistance  payments  for  planning  activities  shall  not
exceed  fifty  thousand dollars to each county agricultural and farmland
protection board or one hundred thousand  dollars  to  two  such  boards
applying  jointly,  and  shall  not  exceed fifty percent of the cost of
preparing an agricultural and farmland protection plan. State assistance
payments for planning activities shall not exceed  twenty-five  thousand
dollars  to  each  municipality  other  than  a county or fifty thousand
dollars to two such  municipalities  applying  jointly,  and  shall  not
exceed seventy-five percent of the cost of preparing an agricultural and
farmland  protection  plan.  A  county  which  has  an approved farmland
protection plan may after one hundred twenty months  from  the  date  of
such  approval by the commissioner apply for additional state assistance
payments for planning  activities  related  to  the  updating  of  their
current  plan  or  development  of  a new farmland protection plan. Such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06921-02-4

S. 2709--A                          2

additional state assistance payments shall  not  exceed  fifty  thousand
dollars to each county agricultural and farmland protection board or one
hundred  thousand dollars to two such boards applying jointly, and shall
not  exceed  fifty  percent of the cost of preparing an agricultural and
farmland protection plan. State assistance payments  for  implementation
of  approved  agricultural  and farmland protection plans may fund up to
[seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost of implementing the coun-
ty plan or portion of the plan for which state assistance  payments  are
requested.  State  assistance payments to such counties shall not exceed
[seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost of implementing the local
plan or portion  of  the  plan  for  which  state  assistance  has  been
requested.  Such maximum shall be increased by a percentage equal to the
percentage of the total eligible costs for such specified projects  that
are  contributed  by  the  owner  of the agricultural land for which the
project is being funded, provided, however, that in no event  shall  the
total of such state assistance payments exceed eighty-seven and one-half
percent of such eligible costs for any specified project.
  S  2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 325 of the agriculture
and markets law, as amended by chapter 234  of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Within  a county, a municipality which has in place a local farm-
land protection plan may apply and shall be  eligible  for  agricultural
protection state assistance payments to implement its plan, or a portion
of  its  plan,  provided the proposed project is endorsed for funding by
the agricultural and farmland protection board for the county  in  which
the  municipality  is  located  and  that any plan developed on or after
January first, two thousand six  complies  with  section  three  hundred
twenty-four-a of this article. State assistance payments to such munici-
palities shall not exceed [seventy-five] EIGHTY-FIVE percent of the cost
of  implementing  the  local plan or portion of the plan for which state
assistance has been requested. Such maximum  shall  be  increased  by  a
percentage  equal to the percentage of the total eligible costs for such
specified projects that are contributed by the owner of the agricultural
land for which the project is being funded; provided, however,  that  in
no event shall the total of such state assistance payments exceed eight-
y-seven  and  one-half  percent of such eligible costs for any specified
project. The commissioner may require  such  information  or  additional
planning  as  he  or  she deems necessary to evaluate such a request for
state assistance.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed three years after such effective date.

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Sponsored By

Catharine Young

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

John J. Bonacic

2013-S2709 - Details

2013-S2709 - Summary

2013-S2709 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2709 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

John J. Bonacic

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2709A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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