Bill Text: NY A01998 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to an initiative to provide surplus New York agricultural products to populations in need; includes in the powers of the department of agriculture and markets an initiative to provide surplus New York agricultural products to populations in need through a network of food banks and other emergency food providers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to agriculture [A01998 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01998-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1998 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to an initiative to provide surplus New York agricultural products to popu- lations in need The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows: 3 52. Facilitate and expand, with financial and technical support, an 4 initiative to provide surplus New York agricultural products to popu- 5 lations in need through a network of food banks and other emergency food 6 providers. A report shall be provided annually to the governor and the 7 legislature detailing information including, but limited to, the type of 8 initiatives undertaken, the funding distributed by region, and the vari- 9 ous products distributed to and from each region. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04819-01-1
