Bill Text: NY A08359 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | 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]
Download: New_York-2009-A08359-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8359 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 15, 2009 ___________ 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