Bill Text: NY A00228 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the urban and regional farmers' markets facilities construction program; defines related terms and regulates grants and financing; establishes revolving loan and loan guarantee fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 0000-00-00 - [A00228 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00228-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           228
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Economic Development
        AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
          relation  to  the planning and development of urban and regional farm-
          ers' markets facilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  16-n  of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of
     2  1968, constituting the New York state urban development corporation act,
     3  as added by chapter 428 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered section 16-x.
     4    § 2. Section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of  1968,  constituting  the
     5  New York state urban development corporation act, is amended by adding a
     6  new section 16-y to read as follows:
     7    §  16-y.  Urban  and regional farmers' markets facilities construction
     8  program. 1.  Definitions. For purposes of this section:
     9    (a) "Urban or regional farmers'  market  construction  project"  shall
    10  mean  a  project  for  the establishment, expansion and development of a
    11  year-round urban or regional farmers' market primarily leasing space  to
    12  farmers,  farmer/processors  and craft businesses from within the region
    13  of the greenmarket to sell directly to customers.
    14    (b) "Not-for-profit corporation" shall mean agricultural cooperatives,
    15  regional market authorities, corporation business improvement  districts
    16  and regional and community development organizations organized under the
    17  provisions  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law or other state law
    18  providing for nonprofit corporations.
    19    (c) "Highly distressed" shall have the same meaning as provided for in
    20  section sixteen-d of this act.
    21    (d) "Economically distressed areas" shall have  the  same  meaning  as
    22  provided for in section sixteen-d of this act.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04260-01-5