Bill Text: NY A01046 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the small farm disaster recovery grant program; provides grants for the purchase and replanting of crops destroyed by natural disaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A01046 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01046-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1046

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  estab-
          lishing a small farm disaster recovery grant program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
     2  section 325-b to read as follows:
     3    § 325-b. Small farm disaster recovery grant program. 1. There is here-
     4  by established a small farm disaster recovery grant program to be admin-
     5  istered by the department, in conjunction with the empire state develop-
     6  ment corporation.
     7    2.  The purpose of the program is to provide financial relief to small
     8  farms that have been affected by natural disasters.
     9    3. For purposes of this section, small farm shall only  include  farms
    10  that  sell produce and have annual sales of one hundred thousand dollars
    11  or less.
    12    4. The owner of any small farm may submit an application for  a  grant
    13  pursuant  to  this section to the department. Grants awarded pursuant to
    14  this section shall be used solely for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  and
    15  replanting crops that have been destroyed by a natural disaster.
    16    5.  The  commissioner,  upon  review  of an owner's application, shall
    17  determine if the owner is eligible for a grant pursuant to this section.
    18  The commissioner shall make the determination as to the amount of  grant
    19  the  small  farm  owner  needs to rebuild his or her crop, provided that
    20  such amount shall in no event exceed ten thousand dollars.
    21    6. This program shall be funded through annual appropriations  of  the
    22  legislature or any other funds received by the state for the purposes of
    23  this  section.  Grants shall only be awarded based upon the availability
    24  of funds.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
     2  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
     3  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
     4  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
     5  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.