Bill Text: NY S00989 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates black dirt as the state soil and designates the black dirt region as home to the most fertile soil.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00989 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00989-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           989
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating black dirt  as
          the  state  soil and to designate the black dirt region as home to the
          most fertile soil
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    The  state law is amended by adding a new section 91 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 91. State soil. Black dirt shall be the official soil of  the  state
     4  of  New York and the black dirt region located in southern Orange county
     5  shall be the official home of the most fertile soil in the state of  New
     6  York.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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