Senate Bill S2706

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certain farm wineries, farm breweries, farm distilleries, and farm cideries whose business includes agricultural tourism

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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-S2706 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§305-a & 301, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7438
2019-2020: S1434
2023-2024: S4385

2021-S2706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain farm wineries, farm breweries, farm distilleries, and farm cideries whose business includes agricultural tourism.

2021-S2706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2706
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, GALLIVAN -- 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 certain
   farm wineries, farm breweries, farm distilleries,  and  farm  cideries
   whose business includes agricultural tourism

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  305-a  of  the  agriculture  and
 markets law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D.  FOR  FARM  WINERIES,  FARM  BREWERIES, FARM DISTILLERIES, AND FARM
 CIDERIES IN AN APPROVED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT  WHOSE  BUSINESS  INCLUDES
 AGRICULTURAL  TOURISM AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND WHO WERE DEVELOPED AND INDUCED WITH  THE
 ASSISTANCE  OF THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE COMMISSION-
 ER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY AND  EMPIRE
 STATE  DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION, MAY MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THE REQUEST
 OF A FARM WINERY, FARM BREWERY, FARM DISTILLERY, OR FARM  CIDERY  AS  TO
 WHETHER  MARKETING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER RELATED PRACTICES ARE "UNREASON-
 ABLY RESTRICTED" BY PROPOSED CHANGES  IN  LOCAL  LAND  USE  REGULATIONS,
 ORDINANCES,  OR  LOCAL LAWS OR REVIEWING A PERMIT PERTAINING TO AGRICUL-
 TURAL PRACTICES. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  "FARM  OPERATION"  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, SHALL ALSO INCLUDE FOOD SALES, ON-FARM WEDDING RECEPTIONS, PARTIES,
 AND  SPECIAL  EVENTS  (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HARVEST FESTIVALS,
 CHARITABLE EVENTS, AND WINE, BEER, CIDER AND DISTILLED SPIRITS TASTINGS)
 AT WHICH SUCH FARM WINERY, FARM BREWERY, FARM DISTILLERY, OR FARM CIDERY
 SELLS, MARKETS, OR OFFERS FOR SALE ITS CROP INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO  WINES,  BEERS,  CIDER,  OR DISTILLED SPIRITS. "FARM OPERATION" SHALL
 ALSO INCLUDE THE PURCHASING OF CROPS BETWEEN FARMS LOCATED IN NEW YORK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06175-01-1

              

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