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Senate Bill S7823

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates an advisory group which shall produce a report on improving urban and rural consumer access to locally produced, healthy foods

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2021-S7823 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8765
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §28, Ag & Mkts L; amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.1056 & A.4613)

2021-S7823 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates an advisory group which shall produce a report on improving urban and rural consumer access to locally produced, healthy foods; provides such group shall include representatives from agriculture, food access organizations, food retailers and economic development agencies; makes changes to the effectiveness.

2021-S7823 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7823 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7823
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to a report
   on improving urban and rural  consumer  access  to  locally  produced,
   healthy foods, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the
   agriculture  and  markets  law relating to the task force on improving
   urban and rural consumer access to locally produced, healthy foods, as
   proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1056 and A. 4613, in relation
   to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 28 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
 a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the agriculture and  markets  law
 relating  to the task force on improving urban and rural consumer access
 to locally produced, healthy foods, as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 1056 and A. 4613, is amended to read as follows:
   §  28.  [Task  force  on] ADVISORY GROUP FOR improving urban and rural
 consumer access to locally produced, healthy foods. [1. There is  hereby
 created  the  task force on improving urban and rural consumer access to
 locally produced, healthy foods. The task force is to  be  comprised  of
 eleven  members.  Such task force shall have one ex-officio chairperson,
 who shall be the] THE commissioner [or his or her designee. Four members
 shall be appointed by the governor, two members shall  be  appointed  by
 the temporary president of the senate, two members shall be appointed by
 the speaker of the assembly, one member shall be appointed by the minor-
 ity leader of the senate and one member shall be appointed by the minor-
 ity  leader  of  the  assembly. The appointed members of such task force
 shall be representative of:
   (a) a farm engaged in growing crops, livestock or livestock  products,
 as defined in section three hundred one of this chapter;
   (b)  not-for-profit  food  access organizations dedicated to expanding
 access of underserved, urban and rural communities to  healthy,  locally
 produced food;
   (c) the grocery industry; and

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

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