Bill Text: NY S01357 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the advisory council on agriculture to study the co-location of farms and renewable energy projects in an effort to enhance compatibility between renewable energy development and the protection of natural and agricultural resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S01357 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01357-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1357
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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, in relation to co-loca-
          tion of farms and renewable energy projects
          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 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. a. The advisory council on agriculture  shall  study  and  provide
     4  recommendations  to  the  commissioner  on  best  practices to allow for
     5  co-location in an effort  to  enhance  compatibility  between  renewable
     6  energy  development  and  the  protection  of  natural  and agricultural
     7  resources. Such recommendations on best practices shall focus on renewa-
     8  ble energy projects and their impact on the loss of  prime  agricultural
     9  lands.  Any  findings  and  recommendations pursuant to this subdivision
    10  shall be made available to the public, and may be included in the  coun-
    11  cil's report pursuant to subdivision seven of this section.
    12    b.  "Co-location,"  as used in this section shall mean viable farmland
    13  eligible for the deliberate production of farm  products  and  renewable
    14  energy in a single location.
    15    § 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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