Senate Bill S883

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans to 85% of the cost thereof

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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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2019-S883 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §325, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2473
2011-2012: S869
2013-2014: S2709
2015-2016: S3023
2017-2018: S3934

2019-S883 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases state assistance payments for county approved agricultural and farmland protection plans, from 75% to 85% of the cost thereof.

2019-S883 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S883 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    883
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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, in  relation  to  state
   assistance  payments  for  implementation of agricultural and farmland
   protection plans; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 325 of the agriculture and markets
 law,  as  amended by chapter 150 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Subject to the availability of funds, a program  is  hereby  estab-
 lished  to  finance through state assistance payments the state share of
 the costs of locally-led agricultural  and  farmland  protection  activ-
 ities.  State  assistance  payments  for  planning  activities shall not
 exceed fifty thousand dollars to each county agricultural  and  farmland
 protection  board  or  one  hundred  thousand dollars to two such boards
 applying jointly, and shall not exceed fifty  percent  of  the  cost  of
 preparing an agricultural and farmland protection plan. State assistance
 payments  for  planning activities shall not exceed twenty-five thousand
 dollars to each municipality other  than  a  county  or  fifty  thousand
 dollars  to  two  such  municipalities  applying  jointly, and shall not
 exceed seventy-five percent of the cost of preparing an agricultural and
 farmland protection plan.  A  county  which  has  an  approved  farmland
 protection  plan  may  after  one hundred twenty months from the date of
 such approval by the commissioner apply for additional state  assistance
 payments  for  planning  activities  related  to  the  updating of their
 current plan or development of a  new  farmland  protection  plan.  Such
 additional  state  assistance  payments  shall not exceed fifty thousand
 dollars to each county agricultural and farmland protection board or one
 hundred thousand dollars to two such boards applying jointly, and  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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