Senate Bill S2768

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund

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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-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1081
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §97-ff, St Fin L; add §625-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7706, A10479
2019-2020: S3804, A1209
2021-2022: S1511, A6282
2023-2024: S2070

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund; allows individuals to make a gift on their personal tax form for such fund; such fund will be used to establish school gardens and purchase equipment and educational materials to promote students' consumption of local products conducted in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets.

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2768
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the tax law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the New York farm to school and school garden fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 97-ff to read as follows:
   §  97-FF.  NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK
 FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED,
 CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE  PURSUANT
 TO  LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM SOLICITING
 AND RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND  AS
 DEFINED  IN  THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO
 LAW.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISH-
 ING SCHOOL GARDENS AND PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO
 PROMOTE STUDENTS' CONSUMPTION OF LOCAL PRODUCTS CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS. SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO CREATE FURTHER CRITERIA AND  LIMITS  ON  SUCH  FUNDING  IF
 NECESSARY. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT
 OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS. ANY INTEREST RECEIVED  BY  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON
 MONEYS  ON DEPOSIT IN THE NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND
 SHALL BE RETAINED IN AND BECOME PART OF SUCH FUND.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02614-01-7
              

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