Bill Text: NY A01882 | 2019-2020 | 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: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in agriculture [A01882 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01882-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1882
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, KOLB, CROUCH, FINCH, PALMESANO -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, GIGLIO, GOODELL, 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.
                                                                   LBD02276-01-9