Bill Text: NY A01816 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires additional 10% matching grant funding of agricultural environmental programs implemented in watersheds deemed, by the commissioner of environmental conservation, to be critical to recreational fishing.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A01816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01816-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1816
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, KOLB, CROUCH, OAKS, FINCH, PALMESANO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, GIGLIO,  GOODELL,  McLAUGHLIN,
          THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to funding
          of  agricultural  environmental  management  programs  implemented  in
          watersheds deemed critical to recreational fishing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 151 of the agriculture and markets law, as  amended
     2  by chapter 375 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  151. Agricultural environmental management program. There is hereby
     4  established within the department an agricultural environmental  manage-
     5  ment  program to assist farmers in maintaining the economic viability of
     6  their farm operations while addressing environmental impacts from  those
     7  operations, including, but not limited to, soil, air and water pollution
     8  and greenhouse gas emissions. The program may also include assistance to
     9  farmers  for  the development of agriculturally-derived renewable energy
    10  sources. The program may consist of  planner  certification  to  qualify
    11  persons  to  prepare  AEM plans; technical assistance to farmers partic-
    12  ipating in the program; financial assistance, within funds available, to
    13  soil and water conservation districts and farmers to prepare and  imple-
    14  ment  plans  provided  that  for  plans implemented in watersheds deemed
    15  critical to recreational fishing, as determined by the  commissioner  of
    16  environmental  conservation,  shall  receive  not  less than ten percent
    17  additional financial assistance  when  such  assistance  is  distributed
    18  through  a  matching grant program; other incentives for program partic-
    19  ipation; and evaluation of program procedures  and  projects  to  assess
    20  effectiveness.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02311-01-7