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Senate Bill S5957

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to agricultural assessment eligibility for beekeeping land

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2021-S5957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L

2021-S5957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to agricultural assessment eligibility for beekeeping land.

2021-S5957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5957
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 agricul-
   tural assessment eligibility for beekeeping land
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph k of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul-
 ture  and  markets  law, as added by chapter 341 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   k. Land used to support an apiary products operation which is owned by
 the operation and consists of [(i)] not less than  [seven]  THREE  acres
 nor  more  than  [ten]  TWENTY  acres  used as a single operation in the
 preceding two years for the production for sale of crops,  livestock  or
 livestock  products  of  an  average  gross  sales value of ten thousand
 dollars or more [or (ii) less than seven acres used as a  single  opera-
 tion  in  the  preceding two years for the production for sale of crops,
 livestock or livestock products of an average gross sales value of fifty
 thousand dollars or more] WITH A MINIMUM OF TEN  HONEYBEE  COLONIES  PER
 ACRE  OF LAND AND ANY APPROPRIATE POLLINATOR PLANTS, OR OTHER ADDITIONAL
 MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIREMENTS. The land used to support an apiary products
 operation shall include, but not be limited to, the land under a  struc-
 ture within which apiary products are produced, harvested and stored for
 sale;  and  a buffer area maintained by the operation between the opera-
 tion and adjacent landowners.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of
 this  subdivision, rented land associated with an apiary products opera-
 tion is not eligible for an agricultural assessment based on this  para-
 graph.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10530-01-1

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