Bill Text: NY A00622 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state; bases such strategy on an analysis of land use and economic trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for protecting farmland and strengthening food production in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A00622 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00622-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           622
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to authorize and direct  the  commissioners  of  agriculture  and
          markets  and  economic  development  to  study and develop a long-term
          strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic
     2  development are hereby authorized and directed to study  and  develop  a
     3  long-term  strategy  for  sustaining  farming and food production in New
     4  York state. Such strategy shall be based on an analysis of land use  and
     5  economic  trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and
     6  other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for  protect-
     7  ing farmland and strengthening food production in the state. Such strat-
     8  egy  shall  be  developed in consultation with agricultural and economic
     9  development advisory bodies created or authorized by  statute  and  such
    10  other organizations or persons as the commissioners shall deem appropri-
    11  ate.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commission-
    12  ers shall submit a report of their findings and recommendations, includ-
    13  ing proposed legislation, if any, to the governor and the legislature.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03315-01-9