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Assembly Bill A622

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York State

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2019-A622 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Commissioner
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9065
2015-2016: A1010
2017-2018: A4692
2021-2022: A1304
2023-2024: A765

2019-A622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state; bases such strategy on an analysis of land use and economic trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for protecting farmland and strengthening food production in the state.

2019-A622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    622
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to authorize and direct  the  commissioners  of  agriculture  and
   markets  and  economic  development  to  study and develop a long-term
   strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic
 development are hereby authorized and directed to study  and  develop  a
 long-term  strategy  for  sustaining  farming and food production in New
 York state. Such strategy shall be based on an analysis of land use  and
 economic  trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and
 other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for  protect-
 ing farmland and strengthening food production in the state. Such strat-
 egy  shall  be  developed in consultation with agricultural and economic
 development advisory bodies created or authorized by  statute  and  such
 other organizations or persons as the commissioners shall deem appropri-
 ate.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commission-
 ers shall submit a report of their findings and recommendations, includ-
 ing proposed legislation, if any, to the governor and the legislature.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03315-01-9

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