Bill Text: NY A11263 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to reduce the percentage of on-farm or estate produced grapes for farm wineries located outside of an American viticultural area and allows for such farm wineries to import grapes from New York state grape growers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-25 - referred to agriculture [A11263 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A11263-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11263 IN ASSEMBLY July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stirpe) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT directing the commissioner of agriculture and markets to reduce the percentage of on-farm or estate produced grapes for farm wineries located outside of an American viticultural area and allow for such farm wineries to import grapes from New York state grape growers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of agriculture and markets is directed to 2 reduce the percentage of on-farm or estate produced grapes required for 3 farm wineries located outside of an American viticultural area to meet 4 the predominance standard. Where such farm wineries fall below the 5 current 51 percent threshold, such commissioner shall require all 6 imported grapes be purchased from New York state grape growers. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16276-01-8
