Senate Bill S820

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with NYSERDA, to produce and distribute guidance and educational materials for farmers on the use of agrivoltaics in farming

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Current Bill Status Via A607 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S820 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A607
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.7861-A & A.9336-A)

2023-S820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with NYSERDA, to produce and distribute guidance and educational materials for farmers on the use of agrivoltaics in farming no later than one year after chapter 629 of the laws of 2022 takes effect.

2023-S820 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    820
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022, directing the  department
   of  agriculture  and  markets,  in cooperation with the New York state
   energy research and development  authority,  to  develop  and  produce
   guidance and educational materials on the use of agrivoltaics in farm-
   ing, relating to cooperative extension offices and New York state soil
   and water conservation districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 2 of a chapter of  the  laws  of
 2022 directing the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation
 with  the  New  York state energy research and development authority, to
 develop and produce guidance and educational materials  on  the  use  of
 agrivoltaics  in  farming,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 7861-A and A.  9336-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) No later than [one hundred twenty days] ONE YEAR after the  effec-
 tive  date of this act, the guidance and educational materials developed
 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall be produced and distrib-
 uted to cooperative extension offices located in the state  and  to  New
 York  state soil and water conservation districts, and made available on
 the websites of the department of agriculture and markets  and  the  New
 York state energy research and development authority.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of  2022  directing  the  department  of
 agriculture  and  markets, in cooperation with the New York state energy
 research and development authority, to develop and produce guidance  and
 educational materials on the use of agrivoltaics in farming, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 7861-A and A. 9336-A, takes effect.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03993-01-3

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