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Assembly Bill A5020A

Vetoed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the FreshConnect program

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2023-A5020 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1780
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8695
2019-2020: S2577
2021-2022: S3400
2025-2026: A4515, S4162

2023-A5020 - Summary

Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores.

2023-A5020 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5020
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets  and
   grocery stores through the FreshConnect program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this act the following terms  shall
 have the following meanings:
   (i)  "local  produce" means produce grown by a producer with the pride
 of New York symbol of the business claiming the local produce tax credit
 within the state of New York, from  seed  or  conception  through  final
 product.
   (ii)  "producer"  means  an individual, whether acting individually or
 through a cooperative, corporation, partnership,  business  association,
 or  educational institution, who is a farmer, student farmer or manufac-
 turer of foods or goods in  New  York  state.  It  shall  not,  however,
 include a wholesaler or distributor.
   (iii) "supermarket" or "grocery store" means a retail store at a given
 location  devoted  to  the  sale of foods, food stuffs and groceries for
 human consumption regularly and customarily sold in a bona  fide  manner
 for  consumption off of the premises. The following shall not be consid-
 ered supermarkets or grocery  stores  for  the  purposes  of  this  act:
 hotels,  motels, restaurants, cafeterias, bakeries, caterers, hospitals,
 assisted  living  facilities,  independent  living  facilities,  nursing
 homes,  hospices,  group  homes,  drug stores, educational institutions,
 food courts in shopping malls,  food  retailers  at  airports  or  other
 transportation  facilities,  gas stations, sports arenas, movie theaters
 or any other similar establishments.
   (b) The commissioner of  agriculture  and  markets  shall  expand  the
 FreshConnect  program, which improves access to local produce by provid-
 ing certain people with two dollar rebates to be used for  the  purchase
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04967-01-3

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2023-A5020A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1780
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8695
2019-2020: S2577
2021-2022: S3400
2025-2026: A4515, S4162

2023-A5020A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the FreshConnect program, which provides rebates for the purchase of local produce to certain people, to include local produce sold in supermarkets and grocery stores.

2023-A5020A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5020--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN, GIBBS, HUNTER, EPSTEIN, WOERNER, LEVEN-
   BERG, SIMON, TAPIA, BLUMENCRANZ,  CHANG,  JACKSON  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to incentivize the purchase of local produce in supermarkets  and
   grocery stores through the FreshConnect program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this act the following terms  shall
 have the following meanings:
   (i)  "local  produce" means produce grown by a producer with the pride
 of New York symbol of the business claiming the local produce tax credit
 within the state of New York, from  seed  or  conception  through  final
 product.
   (ii)  "producer"  means  an individual, whether acting individually or
 through a cooperative, corporation, partnership,  business  association,
 or  educational institution, who is a farmer, student farmer or manufac-
 turer of foods or goods in  New  York  state.  It  shall  not,  however,
 include a wholesaler or distributor.
   (iii) "supermarket" or "grocery store" means a retail store at a given
 location  devoted  to  the  sale of foods, food stuffs and groceries for
 human consumption regularly and customarily sold in a bona  fide  manner
 for  consumption off of the premises. The following shall not be consid-
 ered supermarkets or grocery  stores  for  the  purposes  of  this  act:
 hotels,  motels, restaurants, cafeterias, bakeries, caterers, hospitals,
 assisted  living  facilities,  independent  living  facilities,  nursing
 homes,  hospices,  group  homes,  drug stores, educational institutions,
 food courts in shopping malls,  food  retailers  at  airports  or  other
 transportation  facilities,  gas stations, sports arenas, movie theaters
 or any other similar establishments.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04967-02-3

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