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                                   8347
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. LUPARDO, BARRETT, BUTTENSCHON, DILAN, EPSTEIN,
   GUNTHER,  JONES,  LIFTON,  MOSLEY,   SANTABARBARA,   STIRPE,   RIVERA,
   WILLIAMS,  WOERNER,  L. ROSENTHAL, BLANKENBUSH, CROUCH, FINCH, FITZPA-
   TRICK, HAWLEY, B. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Ways and Means

 AN ACT establishing the New York task force on agricultural  investment;
   and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
   thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and maybe cited as the "New York
 agricultural investment task force act".
   § 2. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that  it  is  in  the
 public interest to have a viable agricultural sector in the state and to
 establish an agricultural investment task force that shall study, evalu-
 ate and develop budgeting and other recommendations relating to specific
 actionable measures to address farm sustainability in New York state.
   §  3.  The  New  York  task force on agricultural investment is hereby
 established to study and assess the future of agriculture in the  state.
 Such task force shall consist of twelve members with demonstrated exper-
 tise  in  issues  relating to the work of the task force. The members of
 the task force shall be appointed as follows:
   (a) six members shall be appointed  by  the  governor.  Such  members'
 expertise  shall  encompass,  but  not be limited to, the topic areas of
 agriculture, economic development, the environment, and workforce devel-
 opment. The six members appointed by the  governor  shall  include:  the
 commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets, or his or her designee, who
 shall serve as the chairperson of the task force;  the  commissioner  of
 labor, or his or her designee; the president of the New York state ener-
 gy  research  and  development  authority,  or  his or her designee; the
 commissioner of environmental conservation, or his or her designee;  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 commissioner  of  housing and community renewal, or his or her designee;
 and the commissioner of economic development, or his or her designee;
   (b)  two  members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 senate;
   (c) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (d) one member shall be appointed by the senate minority leader; and
   (e) one member shall be appointed by the assembly minority leader.
   § 4. All appointments shall be made no later than  the  fifteenth  day
 after the effective date of this section. Vacancies in the membership of
 the  task  force  shall be filled in the same manner provided for by the
 original appointments. The task force shall organize as soon as  practi-
 cable  following  the  appointment of its members. The chairperson shall
 appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of  the  task  force.  The
 members  of  the  task  force  shall  receive  no compensation for their
 services.
   § 5. The task force shall study, evaluate and develop  recommendations
 relating  to  the  state  of agriculture in the state and issues such as
 labor, workforce development, and economic conditions.
   § 6. The task force shall be entitled  to  request  and  receive,  and
 shall  utilize such facilities, resources and data of any court, depart-
 ment, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state or  any
 political  subdivision  thereof as it may reasonably request to properly
 carry out its powers and duties.
   § 7. The task force shall report its findings and  recommendations  to
 the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
 the assembly on or before November 1, 2019.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed one year after such date.