Bill Text: NY A10203 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to appropriation and apportionment of moneys for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts in the county of Orange.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-26 - referred to agriculture [A10203 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10203-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10203
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 26, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Agriculture
        AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to appro-
          priation and apportionment of moneys for the promotion of  agriculture
          and domestic arts in the county of Orange
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 286 of the agriculture and markets law, as  amended
     2  by chapter 61 of the laws of 1954, the section heading and subdivision 1
     3  as amended by and subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 as added by chapter 683 of
     4  the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 286. Appropriation  and apportionment of moneys for the promotion of
     6  agriculture and domestic arts.  1. There shall be appropriated  annually
     7  for  the department of agriculture and markets an amount of money suffi-
     8  cient to pay and satisfy the reimbursement moneys herein  specified  and
     9  which  money  shall  be  disbursed  by the commissioner on behalf of the
    10  state for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts, to duly incor-
    11  porated agricultural or horticultural corporations as defined in section
    12  fourteen hundred nine of the not-for-profit corporation law, the  county
    13  extension  service  association  in  the  county of Orange, the American
    14  institute in the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track, Inc.,  the
    15  Genesee  Valley Breeders' Association, Inc. and county extension service
    16  associations in proportion to the actual premiums paid during the previ-
    17  ous year including premiums paid for trials or tests of speed and endur-
    18  ance of harness horses.
    19    2. Eligibility. (a) To qualify for premium  reimbursement  under  this
    20  section,  agricultural and horticultural corporations, the county exten-
    21  sion service association in the county of Orange, the American institute
    22  in the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track, Inc. and the Genesee
    23  Valley Breeders' Association, Inc. must have held, with the approval  of
    24  the  commissioner,  an  annual  fair  or exposition for the promotion of
    25  agriculture and domestic arts during the previous calendar year, paid at
    26  least five thousand dollars in  actual  premiums  and  filed  an  annual
    27  report as required in paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b)  To  qualify for premium reimbursement under this section a county
     2  extension service association must have held, with the approval  of  the
     3  commissioner,  a fair or exposition for the promotion of agriculture and
     4  domestic arts during the previous calendar year open to  all  youths  in
     5  that  county  up  to age twenty-one. [A] Except for the county extension
     6  service association in the county of Orange, a county extension  service
     7  association  may not receive reimbursement for a fair or exposition in a
     8  county where an agricultural or horticultural corporation or the  Ameri-
     9  can institute in the city of New York has held such a fair or exposition
    10  during  the  past two years. A county extension service association must
    11  have paid at least five hundred dollars in actual premiums and filed  an
    12  annual report as required in paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
    13    (c)  All  organizations eligible to receive moneys appropriated by the
    14  state pursuant to this section shall file with the Department an  annual
    15  report on or before the fifteenth day of December. The report shall list
    16  all premiums awarded during the calendar year and the exhibits for which
    17  the premiums were awarded.
    18    3.  Reimbursement  amounts. (a) Each organization eligible for premium
    19  reimbursement pursuant to paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two  of  this
    20  section  shall  receive seven thousand two hundred dollars or the amount
    21  actually paid out in premiums, whichever is less. Each organization that
    22  has paid out more than seven thousand two hundred dollars shall also  be
    23  eligible  to  receive  an additional reimbursement equal to the premiums
    24  paid in its youth department, not to exceed one  thousand  five  hundred
    25  dollars.
    26    (b) Each eligible cooperative extension association shall receive five
    27  thousand  dollars or the amount actually paid out in premiums, whichever
    28  is less.
    29    (c) After reimbursements have been allocated  pursuant  to  paragraphs
    30  (a)  and  (b)  of this subdivision, the remaining appropriation, if any,
    31  shall be distributed in equal shares to the agricultural or horticultur-
    32  al corporations, the county extension service association in the  county
    33  of  Orange,  the  American institute in the city of New York, the Goshen
    34  Historic Track, Inc. and the Genesee Valley Breeders' Association,  Inc.
    35  if  they  have  not been fully reimbursed as a result of the allocations
    36  set forth above. The American institute in the  city  of  New  York,  if
    37  eligible, shall receive two shares of the pro-rated amount.
    38    (d)  In  no event shall any agricultural or horticultural corporation,
    39  the county extension service association in the county  of  Orange,  the
    40  American  institute  in the city of New York, the Goshen Historic Track,
    41  Inc. or the Genesee Valley Breeders' Association, Inc. receive more than
    42  the amount actually paid out in premiums  or  twelve  thousand  dollars,
    43  whichever is less.
    44    4.  Any organization that shall fail or neglect to hold an annual fair
    45  or exposition and file its annual  report  for  two  consecutive  years,
    46  shall forfeit any privileges or money to which it may otherwise be enti-
    47  tled pursuant to the provisions of this article. In computing such peri-
    48  od  of  two  consecutive  years,  no year shall be counted in which such
    49  failure was deemed by the commissioner to be attributable to a cause  or
    50  condition  with  respect  to  which the organization or its directors or
    51  officers had no control, or for any other reason which the  commissioner
    52  deems justified.
    53    5.  For  the  purposes  of  this article, Rockland County Future, Inc.
    54  shall be eligible for premium reimbursement, as  provided  in  paragraph
    55  (a)  of  subdivision  three of this section so long as such organization
    56  has held, with the approval of the commissioner, an annual fair or expo-
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     1  sition for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts in conjunction
     2  with a county extension service association during the previous calendar
     3  year; paid at least five thousand dollars in actual premiums; and  filed
     4  an annual report as required in paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this
     5  section.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.