Bill Text: NY A08359 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8359 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates and establishes an empire zone in the counties in the of Dutchess, Orange and Putnam for the purpose of establishing agri-businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-04 - held for consideration in economic development [A08359 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8359
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to designating an
         empire zone in the counties of Dutchess, Orange  and  Putnam  for  the
         purpose of establishing agri-businesses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 960 of the general municipal law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (xiv) to read as follows:
    3    (XIV) WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AN
    4  ADDITIONAL EMPIRE ZONE SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE  COUN-
    5  TIES  OF  DUTCHESS,  ORANGE  AND  PUTNAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING
    6  AGRI-BUSINESSES IN SUCH EMPIRE ZONE.
    7    EACH SUCH AGRI-BUSINESS SHALL MAKE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF TEN MILLION
    8  DOLLARS OR MORE AND CREATE TWENTY OR MORE JOBS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11308-01-9