Bill Text: NY A07275 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a training program to foster awareness of laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the farming industry; provides for funding of such program from fines collected pursuant to certain violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to environmental conservation [A07275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07275-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7275
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         establishing  a  training  program for owners and employees of farming
         operations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 17-0307 to read as follows:
    3  S 17-0307. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS TRAINING PROGRAM.
    4    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A TRAINING PROGRAM TO  FOSTER  AWARE-
    5  NESS AMONG OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF A FARMING OPERATION OF STATE ENVIRON-
    6  MENTAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE FARMING INDUSTRY.
    7    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ALL
    8  FINES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO VIOLATIONS OF PART SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY OF
    9  TITLE SIX OF THE NEW YORK CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL  BE  UNDER
   10  THE  SOLE  CUSTODY  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE SOLE
   11  PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09110-01-5