Bill Text: NY A05583 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5583 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates black dirt as the state soil and designates the black dirt region as home to the most fertile soil.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-25 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A05583 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05583-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5583
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating black dirt as
          the state soil and to designate the black dirt region as home  to  the
          most fertile soil
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  The state law is amended by adding a  new  section  92  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  92.  State soil. Black dirt shall be the official soil of the state
     4  of New York and the black dirt region located in southern Orange  county
     5  shall  be the official home of the most fertile soil in the state of New
     6  York.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08165-01-9