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                                        2794--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 3, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to building
         on farm land in agricultural districts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
    2  section 303-c to read as follows:
    3    S 303-C. AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS; BUILDING ON FARM LAND. IN AN AGRICUL-
    4  TURAL  DISTRICT  WITH A WORKING FAMILY FARM, ANY PRODUCER, AS DEFINED IN
    5  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED  EIGHTY-TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
    6  SHALL  HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY TO BUILD A HOME ON SUCH FAMILY FARM PROPERTY
    7  NOT TO SUPERSEDE EXISTING MUNICIPAL LAW.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00666-02-9