Assembly Bill A8496

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides a funding source for the agrivoltaics research program; and places a sunset on such program

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8066 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8066
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §151-j, Ag & Mkts L; amd §2, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.7081 & A.4911)

2023-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that funding for the agrivoltaics research program shall come from appropriations made to the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell university in chapter 53 of 2023 for the purpose of studying ecological impacts of agrivoltaics; places a sunset on such program of December 31, 2030.

2023-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8496
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to funding
   for the agrivoltaics research program; to amend a chapter of the  laws
   of  2023  amending  the agriculture and markets law relating to estab-
   lishing the agrivoltaics research program, as proposed in  legislative
   bills  numbers  S.  7081 and A. 4911, 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 151-j of the agriculture and markets law, as added
 by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the  agriculture  and  markets
 law  relating  to  establishing  the  agrivoltaics  research program, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911, is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS  MADE  AVAILABLE  IN
 CHAPTER  FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE TO THE NEW
 YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AT CORNELL UNIVERSI-
 TY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS  OF  AGRIVOLTAICS,
 AND ANY FUTURE APPROPRIATION MADE THEREAFTER FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
   §  2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the agricul-
 ture and markets law relating to establishing the agrivoltaics  research
 program,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately AND SHALL  EXPIRE  AND  BE
 DEEMED REPEALED ON DECEMBER 31, 2030.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, provided, however,
 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same  manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the agriculture
 and markets law  relating  to  establishing  the  agrivoltaics  research
 program,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911,
 takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08775-03-4

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