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                                  2250

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN,
  MARCHIONE, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE,  SEWARD  --  read  twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
  industrial  development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural
  producers

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

  Section  1.  The  first  undesignated  paragraph of section 852 of the
general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state  to  promote  the
economic  welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its inhab-
itants and to actively promote, attract, encourage  and  develop  recre-
ation,  economically sound commerce [and], industry AND AGRICULTURE, and
economically sound projects identified and called  for  to  implement  a
state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
be  governmental  agencies  and  instrumentalities  and to grant to such
industrial development agencies the rights and powers provided  in  this
article.
  S  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 854 of the general municipal law, as
amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2013,  is
amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
  (4)  "Project"  -  shall mean any land, any building or other improve-
ment, and all real and personal properties located within the  state  of
New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
the  municipality  for  whose benefit the agency was created, including,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04562-01-5
              

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but not limited to, machinery, equipment  and  other  facilities  deemed
necessary  or  desirable in connection therewith, or incidental thereto,
whether or not now in existence or under construction,  which  shall  be
suitable  for  manufacturing,  warehousing,  research,  commercial [or],
industrial OR AGRICULTURAL purposes or other economically sound purposes
identified and called for to implement a state designated urban cultural
park management plan as provided in title G of the parks, recreation and
historic preservation law and which may include or  mean  an  industrial
pollution  control  facility,  a  recreation  facility,  educational  or
cultural facility, a horse racing facility, a railroad  facility  or  an
automobile  racing  facility, provided, however, no agency shall use its
funds or provide financial assistance in respect of any  project  wholly
or  partially  outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was
created without the prior consent  thereto  by  the  governing  body  or
bodies  of  all the other municipalities in which a part or parts of the
project is, or is to be,  located,  and  such  portion  of  the  project
located  outside  such  municipality  for  whose  benefit the agency was
created shall be contiguous with the portion of the project inside  such
municipality.
  (13)  "AGRICULTURE"  OR  "AGRICULTURAL"  -  SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE
PRODUCTION OF ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FLORICULTURAL OR AQUACUL-
TURAL PRODUCT OF THE SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS  BEEN  GROWN,  HARVESTED  OR
PRODUCED  WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS, VEGETA-
BLES, EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND  POULTRY
PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, AND FRUIT JUICE AND INCLUDES
THE COMMERCIAL RAISING, SHEARING, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS ON A
FARM OR RANCH.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.