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Assembly Bill A4779

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates black dirt as the state soil and to designate the black dirt region as home to the most fertile soil

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2025-A4779 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add §93, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9393
2013-2014: A3237
2015-2016: A5731
2017-2018: A7854
2019-2020: A5583
2021-2022: A5662
2023-2024: A5453

2025-A4779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates black dirt as the state soil; designates the black dirt region as home to the most fertile soil.

2025-A4779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4779
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating black dirt as
   the state soil and to designate the black dirt region as home  to  the
   most fertile soil
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The state law is amended by adding a  new  section  93  to
 read as follows:
   §  93.  STATE SOIL. BLACK DIRT SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL SOIL OF THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK AND THE BLACK DIRT REGION LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ORANGE  COUNTY
 SHALL  BE THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE MOST FERTILE SOIL IN THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04033-01-5

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