NY State Senate Bill S852

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 16, 2018	referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 22, 2018	advanced to third reading
Mar 21, 2018	2nd report cal.
Mar 20, 2018	1st report cal.663
Jan 03, 2018	referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly
Mar 06, 2017	referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 14, 2017	advanced to third reading
Feb 13, 2017	2nd report cal.
Feb 07, 2017	1st report cal.176
Jan 05, 2017	referred to agriculture

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Mar 20, 2018 - Agriculture committee Vote

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Mar 6, 2017 - floor Vote

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Feb 7, 2017 - Agriculture committee Vote

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S852 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5007
Current Committee:: Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§7209 & 7307, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2470, A5809
2011-2012: S850, A2164
2013-2014: S2677, A5742
2015-2016: S3024, A2407
2019-2020: S1000

S852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of agriculture and markets and the state soil and water conservation committee to review and define farm conservation practices which are within the professions of engineering, land surveying and architecture.

S852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S852

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law and
the education law, in relation to farm conservation practices

 PURPOSE :

To clarify that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets and the
NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee shall be the authorities that
establish the need for technical expertise on farm environmental and
conservation best management practices.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends section 16 of the Agriculture and Markets Law is to
give authority to the Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets, along
with the NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee to review farm
conservation practices and determine the technical expertise needed to
implement such practices. Section 2: Amends paragraph b of subdivision
7 of section 7209 of the Education Law. Section 3: Amends paragraph 1
of subdivision 5 of section 7307. Section 4: Sets forth the effective
date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Across the state, farms are working on implementing environmental best

management practices. These efforts protect our natural resources and
increase farm environmental sustainability. The experts that assist
farmers in implementing these programs are local soil and water
districts. The state committee that oversees the districts has a long
standing history of working with farms and has a strong practical
knowledge of the technical resources needed to implement specific
projects. Rather than have engineers that are unfamiliar with
farm-specific projects determine necessary resources, this bill more
appropriately assigns the responsibility for such determination.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.3024-A/A.2407-A Passed Senate/referred to agriculture
2015: S.3024/A.2407 Passed Senate/referred to agriculture
2013,2014: S.2677/A.5742 Passed Senate
2012: S.850/A.2164 Advanced to Third Reading
2011: S.859/A.2164 Passed Senate
2009,2010: S.2470/A.5809 Referred to Agriculture
2007,2008: S.8004/A.10973 Passed Senate

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

A cost savings would be actualized with technical resources being more
efficiently used and, thereby, more farm environmental projects being
accomplished with existing state funds.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Effective immediately.

S852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   852

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 5, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, FUNKE, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Agriculture

AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law and the education law,
  in relation to farm conservation practices

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

  Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 49 to read as follows:
  49. DEFINE AND REVIEW ON AN ON-GOING BASIS FARM CONSERVATION PRACTICES
IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE TO
DETERMINE THE SCOPE  OF  ENGINEERING,  LAND  SURVEYING  OR  ARCHITECTURE
NECESSARY FOR SUCH PRACTICES.
  §  2.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 7 of section 7209 of the education
law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read  as
follows:
  b.  To  alterations  to any building or structure costing ten thousand
dollars or less which do not involve changes  affecting  the  structural
safety  or public safety thereof nor to farm buildings, including barns,
sheds, poultry houses and other buildings used directly and  solely  for
agricultural  purposes;  NOR  TO  FARM CONSERVATION PRACTICES, EXCEPT AS
DETERMINED NECESSARY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS  AND
THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE; nor to residence build-
ings  of  gross  floor  area of fifteen hundred square feet or less, not
including garages, carports, porches, cellars,  or  uninhabitable  base-
ments or attics.
  §  3.  Paragraph  1  of subdivision 5 of section 7307 of the education
law, as amended by chapter 994 of the laws of 1971, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  Farm  buildings,  including barns, sheds, poultry houses and other
buildings used directly and solely for  agricultural  purposes;  NOR  TO

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

                                                           LBD05886-01-7

S. 852                              2

FARM  CONSERVATION  PRACTICES,  EXCEPT  AS  DETERMINED  NECESSARY BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS  AND  THE  STATE  SOIL  AND  WATER
CONSERVATION  COMMITTEE;  nor  to  residence  buildings of gross area of
fifteen  hundred  square  feet or less, not including garages, carports,
porches, cellars, or uninhabitable basements or attics; or
  § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Apr 16, 2018 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Apr 16, 2018

Mar 20, 2018 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: Mar 20, 2018

Mar 6, 2017 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 6, 2017

Feb 7, 2017 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2017

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Apr 16, 2018 - floor Vote

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Mar 20, 2018 - Agriculture committee Vote

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Mar 6, 2017 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 6, 2017

Feb 7, 2017 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2017

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Rich Funke

William J. Larkin, Jr.

Thomas F. O'Mara

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

S852 (ACTIVE) - Details

S852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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