Bill Text: NY A09118 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gives the commissioner of agriculture and markets the power to establish a federal food safety compliance assistance program to support farmers in complying with federal food safety rules.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-17 - tabled [A09118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09118-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9118
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGEE, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  federal
         food safety compliance assistance
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
    3    45. ESTABLISH A FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  TO
    4  SUPPORT FARMERS IN COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY RULES.  UNDER SUCH
    5  PROGRAM  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL FORM PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE
    6  AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION  DISTRICTS,
    7  COOPERATIVE  EXTENSION, AND OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE
    8  SUCH SUPPORT AND SHALL ASSIST  SUCH  PARTNERS  IN  SEEKING  FEDERAL  AND
    9  PRIVATE  SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. THE PROGRAM SHALL
   10  PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
   11  INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND REFERRALS TO HELP SUCH FARMERS IN
   12  DEVELOPING OR MODIFYING FARMING, FOOD PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING PRAC-
   13  TICES  TO  ACHIEVE  COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY REQUIRE-
   14  MENTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ECONOMIC
   15  DEVELOPMENT  TO  IDENTIFY  SOURCES OF FUNDING TO ASSIST FARMERS THAT MAY
   16  NEED TO INITIATE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES IN FEDERAL FOOD
   17  SAFETY RULES.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14451-01-4