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Assembly Bill A9971

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the use of electronic benefit transfer technology at community supported agriculture markets

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2017-A9971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3015
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §262, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7008
2019-2020: A8796, S1225
2021-2022: S2667

2017-A9971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing the use of electronic benefit transfer technology at community supported agriculture markets.

2017-A9971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9971
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  author-
   izing  electronic  benefit  transfer technology at community supported
   agriculture markets
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 262 of the agri-
 culture and markets law, as added by section 4 of part U of  chapter  60
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  equipment  costs  associated with improving farmers' market func-
 tions, including but not limited to expanding access to electronic bene-
 fit transfer technology for farmers' markets, COMMUNITY SUPPORTED  AGRI-
 CULTURE  MARKETS  and  other  non-traditional food access points in food
 deserts in the state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08281-01-7

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