Senate Bill S1496

                             
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                                   1496
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
   Government
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
   industrial development agencies to provide assistance to  agricultural
   producers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph  of  section  852  of  the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   It  is  hereby  declared to be the policy of this state to promote the
 economic welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its  inhab-
 itants  and  to  actively promote, attract, encourage and develop recre-
 ation, economically sound commerce [and], industry AND AGRICULTURE,  and
 economically  sound  projects  identified  and called for to implement a
 state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
 recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
 the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
 creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
 be governmental agencies and instrumentalities  and  to  grant  to  such
 industrial  development  agencies the rights and powers provided in this
 article.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 854 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
 amended  by  section  5  of part X of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
   (4) "Project" - shall mean any land, any building  or  other  improve-
 ment,  and  all real and personal properties located within the state of
 New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
 the municipality for whose benefit the agency  was  created,  including,
 but  not  limited  to,  machinery, equipment and other facilities deemed

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or  incidental  thereto,
 whether  or  not  now in existence or under construction, which shall be
 suitable for manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial, renewable
 energy  [or],  industrial OR AGRICULTURAL purposes or other economically
 sound purposes identified and called for to implement a state designated
 urban cultural park management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
 recreation and historic preservation law and which may include  or  mean
 an  industrial pollution control facility, a recreation facility, educa-
 tional or cultural facility, a horse racing facility, a railroad facili-
 ty, a  renewable  energy  project  or  an  automobile  racing  facility,
 provided,  however,  no  agency shall use its funds or provide financial
 assistance in respect of any project wholly  or  partially  outside  the
 municipality  for whose benefit the agency was created without the prior
 consent thereto by the governing body or bodies of all the other munici-
 palities in which a part or parts of  the  project  is,  or  is  to  be,
 located,  and  such  portion of the project located outside such munici-
 pality for whose benefit the agency was created shall be contiguous with
 the portion of the project inside such municipality.
   (13) "AGRICULTURE" OR "AGRICULTURAL" -  SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  THE
 PRODUCTION OF ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FLORICULTURAL OR AQUACUL-
 TURAL  PRODUCT  OF  THE  SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS BEEN GROWN, HARVESTED OR
 PRODUCED WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS,  VEGETA-
 BLES,  EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND POULTRY
 PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
 PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, AND FRUIT JUICE AND INCLUDES
 THE COMMERCIAL RAISING, SHEARING, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS ON A
 FARM OR RANCH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.