Bill Text: NY S02673 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gives the commissioner of agriculture and markets the power to establish a federal food safety compliance assistance program to support farmers in complying with federal food safety rules.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-08-13 - VETOED MEMO.195 [S02673 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02673-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2673
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, GALLIVAN -- 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 federal
         food safety compliance assistance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
    3    45.  ESTABLISH  A FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO
    4  SUPPORT FARMERS IN COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY RULES.  UNDER SUCH
    5  PROGRAM THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FORM PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NEW  YORK  STATE
    6  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT STATION, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,
    7  COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, AND OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES TO  PROVIDE
    8  SUCH  SUPPORT  AND  SHALL  ASSIST  SUCH  PARTNERS IN SEEKING FEDERAL AND
    9  PRIVATE SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR SUCH PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. THE PROGRAM  SHALL
   10  PROVIDE  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
   11  INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND REFERRALS TO HELP SUCH FARMERS IN
   12  DEVELOPING OR MODIFYING FARMING, FOOD PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING PRAC-
   13  TICES TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT FEDERAL  FOOD  SAFETY  REQUIRE-
   14  MENTS.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONSULT  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
   15  DEVELOPMENT TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF FUNDING TO ASSIST  FARMERS  THAT  MAY
   16  NEED TO INITIATE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES IN FEDERAL FOOD
   17  SAFETY RULES.
   18    S 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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