Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to agriculture |
Mar 21, 2017 |
delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.449 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 23, 2017 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S4660
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7369
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets
2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4660 TITLE OF BILL : An act authorizing the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to develop the future agriculture readiness marketing camp PURPOSE : To authorize the Commissioner of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets to develop an agricultural marketing "boot camp" program, in association with an advisory board. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 charges the Commissioner with creating the program. Section 2 describes the advisory board that will govern the program, and the mechanism for appointing certain members of that board. Section 3 describes the length of the program, its level of academic rigor, and the size of each yearly participant cohort. Section 4 describes the process of applying to each administration of the program. Section 5 lists the SUNY campuses that may be used as the site of the
2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4660 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to develop the future agriculture readiness marketing camp THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The commissioner of agriculture and markets is hereby authorized and directed to develop an agricultural marketing "boot camp" program in accordance with the requirements prescribed in this act. § 2. (a) The commissioner of agriculture and markets is directed to develop the program in cooperation with an advisory board consisting of the presidents of: SUNY Morrisville; SUNY Canton; SUNY Cobleskill; SUNY Oswego, and the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell University. Though the resources of each institution shall be utilized, the program shall be coordinated by the Small Farms program of Cornell University. Two representatives, one selected by the senate majority, and the second by the assembly majority, shall also serve on the program's advisory board. (b) Members of the advisory board described in subdivision (a) of this section shall not receive compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses under any applicable state law, rule, or regulation. § 3. The program shall be no less than one week in length, but no more than two weeks, and shall be at least as academically rigorous as a 200-level-class at any of the institutions in subdivision (a) of section two of this act. Participants shall have the same access to information, faculty, staff, and resources as a matriculated student would have at any of the institutions named in subdivision (a) of section two of this act. The program shall consist of one cohort each year, of not more than thirty students, but not fewer than five students. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09433-04-7
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