NY State Senate Bill S1365

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
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

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Jan 25, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

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S1365 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7674
2019-2020: S251
2021-2022: S2199

S1365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.

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-

ble, located in areas that have poor consumer access to high quality and
reasonably priced food and farm products (i.e. food deserts).

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The purpose of this bill is to help promote healthier lifestyles by
providing some assistance to help establish or expand existing regional
farmers' markets in those areas of the state that have poor consumer
access to high quality and reasonably priced fresh food and farm
products. This is especially the case for those areas that are in "food
deserts". This bill should also help New York State's farmers in that it
will create a new market for their agricultural products. The targeted
farmers' markets to be created would be regional markets that would
facilitate the marketing and sale of such foods, on a large scale, at
the wholesale and bulk level. In addition, the establishment of such
regional farmers' markets will increase the access of such fresh foods
to local supermarkets and restaurant that sell or prepare food in such
"food deserts".

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S.2199 (Passed Senate)

2019-20: S.251 (Passed Senate)

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

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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Feb 28, 2023 - floor Vote

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Jan 25, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2023

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S1365 (ACTIVE) - Details

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Feb 28, 2023 - floor Vote

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Jan 25, 2023 - Agriculture committee Vote

Agriculture Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2023

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S1365 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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