Assembly Bill A823

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a reduced food processing license fee for small-scale food processors

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A823 - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §251-z-3, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10009

2017-A823 - Summary

Relates to a reduced food processing license fee for small-scale food processors; defines a small-scale processor as a processor which operates a food processing establishment that is not exempt from licensing, is not a chain store, and employs no more than ten full time employees; sets the license fee at one hundred seventy-five dollars.

2017-A823 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    823
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets law, in relation to a
   reduced food processing license fee for small-scale food producers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  251-z-3  of  the agriculture and markets law, as
 amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2014, is amended by adding  a  new
 undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
   NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PRECEDING,  AN  APPLICANT THAT IS A "SMALL-SCALE
 PRODUCER" SHALL PAY A LICENSE FEE OF ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS
 PER FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, A "SMALL-SCALE PRODUC-
 ER"  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS  A PROCESSOR WITH LESS THAN THREE INDIVIDUAL
 LOCATIONS OPERATING PROCESSING KITCHENS AND PACKAGING AREAS OF LESS THAN
 ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AT EACH LOCATION.
   § 2. Section 251-z-3 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by
 chapter 367 of the laws of 2016, is amended by adding a new undesignated
 paragraph to read as follows:
   NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRECEDING, AN APPLICANT  THAT  IS  A  "SMALL-SCALE
 PRODUCER"  SHALL  PAY  A LICENSE FEE OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
 PER FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, A "SMALL-SCALE PRODUC-
 ER" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROCESSOR  WITH  LESS  THAN  THREE  INDIVIDUAL
 LOCATIONS OPERATING PROCESSING KITCHENS AND PACKAGING AREAS OF LESS THAN
 ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AT EACH LOCATION.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section two of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same manner as chapter 367 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04729-01-7

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2017-A823A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §251-z-3, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10009

2017-A823A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a reduced food processing license fee for small-scale food processors; defines a small-scale processor as a processor which operates a food processing establishment that is not exempt from licensing, is not a chain store, and employs no more than ten full time employees; sets the license fee at one hundred seventy-five dollars.

2017-A823A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  823--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on   Agriculture   --  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  a
   reduced food processing license fee for small-scale food processors

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 251-z-3 of  the  agriculture  and  markets  law  is
 amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
   NOTWITHSTANDING    ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, AN APPLICANT
 THAT IS A "SMALL-SCALE PROCESSOR" SHALL PAY A LICENSE FEE OF ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER FACILITY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  A
 "SMALL-SCALE PROCESSOR" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A PROCESSOR WHICH OPERATES A
 FOOD PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS NOT EXEMPT FROM LICENSING PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE-Z-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, IS NOT A CHAIN
 STORE, AND EMPLOYS NO MORE THAN TEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04729-02-7

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