Bill Text: NY S01333 | 2017-2018 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4051 [S01333 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01333-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1333
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00489-01-7
        S. 1333                             2
     1    (v) restaurants and other food service businesses; and
     2    (vi)  education,  health  care and residential institutions including,
     3  but not limited to, food service in schools, colleges, hospitals,  nurs-
     4  ing homes, day care and senior centers.
     5    c.  The council may also recommend to the commissioner nominations for
     6  awards given pursuant to subdivision eighteen-c of section  one  hundred
     7  of the economic development law.
     8    d. The commissioner may designate award winners from these nominees at
     9  his  or  her discretion. Current members of the advisory board and their
    10  businesses are not eligible as nominees.
    11    § 2. Subdivision 18-c of section 100 of the economic development  law,
    12  as  added  by  chapter  212  of  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
    13  follows:
    14    18-c. to establish, in cooperation with the commissioner  of  agricul-
    15  ture and markets, procedures for proposing nominations, including proce-
    16  dures to coordinate with such commissioner to determine which department
    17  shall  make  nominations for awards in categories that may be similar to
    18  those listed in subdivision nine of section three hundred  nine  of  the
    19  agriculture  and markets law to the governor for three annual, non-mone-
    20  tary awards to be known as: (a) New York  State  Direct  Farm  Marketing
    21  Award;  (b)  New  York  State Agri-Tourism Award; and (c) New York State
    22  Specialty Food Product Award. These awards shall be given in recognition
    23  of unusual efforts by farmers, food processors and  food  retailers  for
    24  the  marketing of New York state grown agricultural commodities or foods
    25  processed from or  primarily  containing  New  York  state  agricultural
    26  commodities and for promoting New York state farms that are also tourist
    27  destinations.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.