Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 28, 2023 | referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 31, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 30, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 25, 2023 | 1st report cal.209 |
Jan 11, 2023 | referred to agriculture |
senate Bill S1365
Sponsored By
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Samra G. Brouk
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
Pamela Helming
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
Michelle Hinchey
(D, WF) 41st Senate District
Robert Jackson
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
S1365 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1365 SPONSOR: KENNEDY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the expansion of regional farmers' markets PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To encourage, by statute, the Department of Agriculture and Markets to help facilitate the establishment and expansion of regional farmers' markets, SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Agriculture and Markets Law section 284 to encourage the Department to promote the development and facilitate the establish- ment and expansion of regional farmers' markets to promote the direct marketing of healthy locally produced farm and food products on a whole- sale or bulk sales basis to large volume purchasers of such farm and food products. Such regional farmers' markets should be, whenever possi-
S1365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1365 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, BROUK, HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the expansion of regional farmers' markets THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 10. DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS TO PROMOTE THE DIRECT MARKETING OF FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS ON A WHOLESALE OR BULK SALES BASIS TO LARGE VOLUME PURCHASERS OF FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS. SUCH REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS SHOULD BE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY PRICED FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS OR FOOD DESERTS; OR WHICH WOULD SELL TO OR CATER TO THE NEEDS OF RETAILERS OR BULK PURCHASERS OF FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT HAVE POOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND REASONABLY PRICED FOOD AND FARM PRODUCTS OR FOOD DESERTS. THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI- VISION, SECTION SIXTEEN-M OF THE NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPO- RATION ACT AND ARTICLE FIVE-D OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03112-01-3
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