Bill Text: NY S00627 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Finances the construction, reconstruction, improvement, expansion or rehabilitation of wholesale regional farmers' markets and food hubs that promote farm products grown in New York state.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - SIGNED CHAP.298 [S00627 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00627-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 627 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, BONACIC, KRUEGER, OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to developing local and regional wholesale farmers' markets to promote foods grown in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 2 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development 3 corporation act, is amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as 4 follows: 5 (L) LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES, INTEREST SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS TO BUSI- 6 NESSES, MUNICIPALITIES, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL AND 7 REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, 8 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, REGIONAL MARKETING AUTHORITIES AND AGRI- 9 CULTURAL COOPERATIVES ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO THE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS 10 LAW, AND OTHER ENTITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE- 11 MENT, EXPANSION OR REHABILITATION OF WHOLESALE REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS 12 THAT FACILITATE THE SALE AND PROMOTION OF FARM PRODUCTS GROWN OR 13 PRODUCED IN NEW YORK STATE. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 15 ments to section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, 16 constituting the New York state urban development corporation act, made 17 by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such 18 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03711-01-1