Bill Text: NY A09756 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the advisory council on agriculture shall advise the commissioner in establishing procedures for making annual awards recognizing New York farms, agricultural and food businesses, and institutions that are successful in producing, processing, marketing, and/or promoting New York farm and food products; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-05 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [A09756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09756-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9756
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 5, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the economic  devel-
          opment  law, in relation to annual awards recognizing certain New York
          farms, businesses and institutions
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 309 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. a. The advisory council on agriculture shall advise the commission-
     4  er in establishing procedures for making annual awards  recognizing  New
     5  York  farms, agricultural and food businesses, and institutions that are
     6  successful in producing, processing,  marketing,  and/or  promoting  New
     7  York  farm and food products. The commissioner shall coordinate with the
     8  commissioner of economic development to determine which department shall
     9  make awards in categories that may be similar to those listed in  subdi-
    10  vision  eighteen-c  of  section  one hundred of the economic development
    11  law. These awards shall be given in recognition of exceptional  perform-
    12  ance  and  support for New York agriculture by persons, firms and organ-
    13  izations that are principally located within the state of New  York  and
    14  engaged  in the operation of New York state farms, businesses and insti-
    15  tutions.
    16    b. The council may annually nominate and forward such nominations  for
    17  awards to the commissioner for his or her consideration in the following
    18  categories:
    19    (i) innovative and unique farm products developed for food, beverages,
    20  or horticulture;
    21    (ii) agri-tourism;
    22    (iii)  foods or beverages processed or manufactured from New York farm
    23  products;
    24    (iv) retail food stores;
    25    (v) restaurants and other food service businesses; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14900-01-6