Assembly Bill A7106

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color

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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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2021-A7106 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L

2021-A7106 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership to farmers who are black, indigenous and people of color; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature regarding such initiative.

2021-A7106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7106
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
   ing the department of agriculture and markets to facilitate and expand
   an initiative to promote opportunities for farm ownership  to  farmers
   who are black, indigenous and people of color

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent and findings. The legislature finds that
 black, indigenous and people of color farmers make up approximately 2.1%
 of all farmers in New York state. Using data from the 2017 census,  that
 means  that only 1,228 out of 57,865 farmers were black, indigenous, and
 people of color. It is the intent of the legislature  to  diversify  the
 profession  of  farming within the state and to encourage black, indige-
 nous, and people of color to pursue farm ownership.
   § 2. Section 16 of the agriculture  and  markets  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
   52.  FACILITATE  AND  EXPAND, WITH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AN
 INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARM OWNERSHIP  TO  FARMERS  WHO
 ARE  BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMOTE
 A CONSISTENT DEMAND OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM FARMERS WHO ARE BLACK,
 INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND RE-ESTABLISH OPPORTUNITIES FOR  FARM
 OWNERSHIP  FOR  SUCH FARMERS. A REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED ANNUALLY TO THE
 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE DETAILING INFORMATION  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO, THE TYPE OF INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN, THE FUNDING DISTRIBUTED
 BY REGION, THE PERCENTAGE OF FARMS  OWNED  BY  FARMERS  WHO  ARE  BLACK,
 INDIGENOUS,  AND  PEOPLE  OF  COLOR  BY REGION, AND THE VARIOUS PRODUCTS
 DISTRIBUTED TO AND FROM EACH REGION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09865-01-1

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