Bill Text: NY A02542 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires dairy transporters to have approval from the department in order to charge a dairy hauling surcharge to farmers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in agriculture [A02542 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02542-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2542
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, GIGLIO, P. LOPEZ, HAWLEY -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to trans-
portation surcharges
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 257-b to read as follows:
3 S 257-B. TRANSPORTATION SURCHARGES. 1. A DAIRY TRANSPORTER SHALL NOT
4 REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL FARMER, FARMING COOPERATIVE OR A FARMING ASSOCI-
5 ATION TO PAY A DAIRY HAULING SURCHARGE; UNLESS SUCH SURCHARGE IS
6 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPROVE TRANSPORTATION
7 SURCHARGES WHICH THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS JUSTIFIED SURCHARGES.
8 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A JUSTIFIED SURCHARGE SHALL BE
9 DEFINED AS A CHARGE DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE ACTUAL COSTS OF TRANSPOR-
10 TATION DUE TO THE DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE COST OF FUEL AND ANY UNANTIC-
11 IPATED COST THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06359-01-3
