Senate Bill S1493

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York agricultural investment task force act

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Current 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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2023-S1493 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6553
2021-2022: S3786

2023-S1493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York agricultural investment task force act; establishes the New York task force on agricultural investment to study and assess the future of agriculture in the state.

2023-S1493 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1493
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT establishing the New York task force on agricultural  investment;
   and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
   thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.   This act shall be known and maybe cited as
 the "New York agricultural investment task force act".
   § 2. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that  it  is  in  the
 public interest to have a viable agricultural sector in the state and to
 establish an agricultural investment task force that shall study, evalu-
 ate and develop budgeting and other recommendations relating to specific
 actionable measures to address farm sustainability in New York state.
   §  3.  The  New  York  task force on agricultural investment is hereby
 established to study and assess the future of agriculture in the  state.
 Such task force shall consist of twelve members with demonstrated exper-
 tise  in  issues  relating to the work of the task force. The members of
 the task force shall be appointed as follows:
   (a) six members shall be appointed  by  the  governor.  Such  members'
 expertise  shall  encompass,  but  not be limited to, the topic areas of
 agriculture, economic development, the environment, and workforce devel-
 opment. The six members appointed by the  governor  shall  include:  the
 commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets, or his or her designee, who
 shall serve as the chairperson of the task force;  the  commissioner  of
 labor, or his or her designee; the president of the New York state ener-
 gy  research  and  development  authority,  or  his or her designee; the
 commissioner of environmental conservation, or his or her designee;  the
 commissioner  of  housing and community renewal, or his or her designee;
 and the commissioner of economic development, or his or her designee;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03602-01-3
 S. 1493                             2
              

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