Senate Bill S2070

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §97-ii, St Fin L; add §625-b, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7706
2017-2018: S2768
2019-2020: S3804
2021-2022: S1511

2023-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund; allows individuals to make a gift on their personal tax form for such fund; provides such fund will be used to establish school gardens and purchase equipment and educational materials to promote students' consumption of local products conducted in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets.

2023-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2070
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. MAY, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law and the tax law, in relation to
   establishing the New York farm to school and school garden fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 97-ii to read as follows:
   § 97-II. NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND. 1.  THERE  IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK
 FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND".
   2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-B OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED,
 CREDITED,  OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT
 TO LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM  SOLICITING
 AND  RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS
 DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND  ACCORDING  TO
 LAW.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISH-
 ING SCHOOL GARDENS AND PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO
 PROMOTE STUDENTS' CONSUMPTION OF LOCAL PRODUCTS CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS. SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  CREATE  FURTHER  CRITERIA  AND LIMITS ON SUCH FUNDING IF
 NECESSARY. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT
 OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS.  ANY  INTEREST RECEIVED BY THE COMPTROLLER ON
 MONEYS ON DEPOSIT IN THE NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN  FUND
 SHALL BE RETAINED IN AND BECOME PART OF SUCH FUND.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00626-01-3
 S. 2070                             2
              

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