Bill Text: NY A09215 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9215 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty-two years and older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - approval memo.17 [A09215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09215-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9215
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 31, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Aging
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
         ing the department  of  agriculture  and  markets  to  evaluate  their
         support of farmers age sixty-two years and older
         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 47 to read as follows:
    3    47. EVALUATE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  STATE  OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING,
    4  PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES  OFFERED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY
    5  SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF FARMERS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN  AGRICUL-
    6  TURE,  AND  THE  PRODUCTION,  PROCESSING,  MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING OF
    7  FOOD, WHO ARE ALSO SENIORS, WHICH SHALL  MEAN  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SIXTY-TWO
    8  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
    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.
                                                                  LBD14598-01-4