Senate Bill S5481

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to preserving premium reimbursement eligibility for fairs and expositions which are unable to have events due to the outbreak of COVID-19

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee


  • 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-S5481 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3832
Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §286, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8738, A10663

2021-S5481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Preserves premium reimbursement eligibility for organizations which are unable to have fairs or expositions due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

2021-S5481 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5481
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 preserv-
   ing  premium reimbursement eligibility for fairs and expositions which
   are unable to have events due to the outbreak of COVID-19

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 286 of the agriculture and markets
 law,  as  amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. (A) There shall be appropriated annually  for  the  department  [of
 agriculture and markets] an amount of money sufficient to pay and satis-
 fy  the  reimbursement  moneys herein specified and which money shall be
 disbursed by the commissioner on behalf of the state for  the  promotion
 of  agriculture  and domestic arts, to duly incorporated agricultural or
 horticultural corporations as defined in section fourteen  hundred  nine
 of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  the county extension service
 association in the county of Orange, the American institute in the  city
 of  New York, the Goshen Historic Track, Inc., the Genesee Valley Breed-
 ers' Association, Inc. and  county  extension  service  associations  in
 proportion  to the actual premiums paid during the previous year includ-
 ing premiums paid for trials or tests of speed and endurance of  harness
 horses.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION MADE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE--TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO  STATE  FISCAL  YEAR  FOR  THE  DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 PAYING AND SATISFYING REIMBURSEMENT MONEYS SHALL BE IN PROPORTION TO THE
 ACTUAL PREMIUMS PAID DURING TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 286 of the agriculture and  markets  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06604-01-1
              

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