Bill Text: NY S06994 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for local fair emergency funds for services and expenses for grants related to losses incurred due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06994 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06994-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6994 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to localities budget, in relation to providing for local fair emergency funds The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the 2 aid to localities budget, is amended by repealing the items herein below 3 set forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other items 4 underscored in this section: 5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS 6 AID TO LOCALITIES 2021-22 7 For payment according to the following schedule: 8 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 9 General Fund ....................... [35,779,000] 51,247,500 10 38,779,000 11 Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 20,000,000 20,000,000 12 ---------------- ---------------- 13 All Funds ........................ [55,779,000] 71,247,500 14 58,779,000 15 ================ ================ 16 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM ....... [55,779,000] 58,779,000 17 -------------- 18 General Fund EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11353-01-1S. 6994 2 1 Local Assistance Account - 10000 2 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 3 tory at Cornell university animal health 4 surveillance and control program (10920) ..... 4,425,000 5 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 6 tory at Cornell university New York state 7 cattle health assurance program (10922) ........ 360,000 8 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 9 tory at Cornell university quality milk 10 production services program (10921) .......... 1,174,000 11 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 12 tory at Cornell university Johnes disease 13 program (10923) ................................ 480,000 14 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 15 tory at Cornell university rabies program 16 (10925) ......................................... 50,000 17 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 18 tory at Cornell university Avian disease 19 program (10924) ................................ 252,000 20 Cornell university berry research (11416) ........ 260,000 21 Cornell university honeybee research (11455) ..... 150,000 22 Cornell university maple research (11456) ......... 75,000 23 Cornell university onion research (10948) ......... 50,000 24 Cornell university vegetable research 25 (11401) ......................................... 50,000 26 Cornell university hard cider research 27 (11441) ........................................ 200,000 28 Cornell university for concord grape 29 research (11444) ............................... 200,000 30 Cornell university Geneva experiment station 31 barley evaluation and field testing 32 program (11466) ................................ 300,000 33 Cornell university agriculture in the class- 34 room to support nutritional education 35 programs (10938) ............................... 380,000 36 Cornell university future farmers of America 37 (10939) ........................................ 842,000 38 Cornell university association of agricul- 39 tural educators for teacher recruitment, 40 professional development, and administra- 41 tive assistance (10940) ........................ 416,000 42 Cornell university farmnet program for farm 43 family assistance (10926) ...................... 664,000 44 Cornell university pro-dairy program (11470) ... 1,201,000 45 Cornell university small farms program for 46 veterans (11417) ............................... 115,000 47 Cornell university farm labor specialist to 48 assist farmers with labor law compliance 49 (11425) ........................................ 200,000 50 New York farm viability institute (10916) ........ 800,000 51 New York farm viability institute, for 52 services and expenses of New York state 53 berry growers association (11462) ............... 60,000 54 New York farm viability institute, forS. 6994 3 1 services and expenses of New York corn and 2 soybean growers (11454) ......................... 75,000 3 For services and expenses of programs to 4 promote agricultural economic development. 5 All or a portion of this appropriation may 6 be suballocated to any department, agency, 7 or public authority. Notwithstanding any 8 other provision of law, the director of 9 the budget is hereby authorized to trans- 10 fer up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation 11 to state operations (10902) .................. 2,000,000 12 New York state brewers association (11428) ........ 75,000 13 New York cider association (11429) ................ 75,000 14 New York state distillers guild (11430) ........... 75,000 15 New York wine and grape foundation (10915) ..... 1,073,000 16 Christmas tree farmers association of New 17 York for programs to promote Christmas 18 trees (11461) .................................. 125,000 19 New York state apple growers association 20 (10943) ........................................ 478,000 21 Maple producers association for programs to 22 promote maple syrup (10945) .................... 150,000 23 For services and expenses of the New York 24 state apple research and development 25 program, in consultation with the apple 26 research and development advisory board 27 (11400) ........................................ 500,000 28 For services and expenses of programs to 29 promote dairy excellence, including but 30 not limited to programs at Cornell univer- 31 sity. 32 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 33 the director of the budget is hereby 34 authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of 35 this appropriation to state operations for 36 programs including administration of dairy 37 profit teams (11495) ........................... 370,000 38 For services and expenses of the electronic 39 benefits transfer program administered by 40 the Farmers' Market Federation of NY 41 (11412) ........................................ 138,000 42 For services and expenses of a program to 43 develop farm to school initiatives that 44 will help schools purchase more food from 45 local farmers and expand access to healthy 46 local food for school children. The funds 47 shall be awarded through a competitive 48 process (11405) ................................ 750,000 49 New York federation of growers and process- 50 ors agribusiness child development program 51 (10913) ...................................... 8,275,000 52 For reimbursement for the promotion of agri- 53 culture and domestic arts in accordance 54 with article 24 of the agriculture and 55 markets law (10914) ............................ 420,000S. 6994 4 1 Local fair emergency funds, for services and 2 expenses for grants, up to $50,000 per 3 county fair or youth fair, related to 4 losses incurred due to COVID-19 in 2020 5 and 2021 ..................................... 3,000,000 6 On-farm health and safety program adminis- 7 tered by Mary Imogene Basset hospital 8 (11473) ........................................ 125,000 9 For additional services and expenses for the 10 on-farm health and safety program adminis- 11 tered by Mary Imogene Basset hospital .......... 125,000 12 For additional services and expenses of the 13 New York state veterinary diagnostic labo- 14 ratory at Cornell university ................. 1,000,000 15 For additional services and expenses of the 16 New York state veterinary diagnostic labo- 17 ratory at Cornell university rabies 18 program ........................................ 350,000 19 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora- 20 tory at Cornell university for whole herd 21 and bulk milk testing to eradicate salmo- 22 nella dublin bacteria .......................... 200,000 23 For additional services and expenses of 24 Cornell university vegetable research ........... 50,000 25 For additional services and expenses of 26 Cornell university for concord grape 27 research ........................................ 50,000 28 For additional services and expenses of the 29 Cornell university program for farm family 30 assistance ..................................... 336,000 31 For services and expenses of the Harvest New 32 York program ................................... 600,000 33 For additional services and expenses of the 34 New York farm viability institute ............ 1,050,000 35 For additional services and expenses of New 36 York state apple growers association ........... 272,000 37 For additional services and expenses of the 38 maple producers association for programs 39 to promote maple syrup .......................... 75,000 40 For services and expenses of the turfgrass 41 environmental stewardship fund adminis- 42 tered by the New York state greengrass 43 association .................................... 150,000 44 For additional services and expenses of the 45 New York Federation of growers and proces- 46 sors agribusiness child development 47 program ...................................... 1,025,000 48 Cornell university golden nematode program ........ 62,000 49 For services and expenses of Cornell Univer- 50 sity New York City urban agriculture 51 education and outreach ......................... 250,000 52 For additional services and expenses of the 53 New York wine and grape foundation ............... 2,000 54 Empire sheep producers association ................ 50,000 55 Northern New York agricultural developmentS. 6994 5 1 program administered by Cornell cooper- 2 ative extension of Jefferson County ............ 300,000 3 For additional services and expenses of 4 Cornell University onion research ............... 20,000 5 Teens for Food Justice ............................ 20,000 6 Cornell forensic pathology program ............... 460,000 7 Cornell Small Farms Equitable Farm Futures 8 Initiative ..................................... 400,000 9 For additional reimbursements for the 10 promotion of agriculture and domestic arts 11 in accordance with article 24 of the agri- 12 culture and markets law ......................... 80,000 13 For Walkway Over the Hudson, including 14 $15,000 to plan for a farmers market, 15 $30,000 to renovate the Friends Pavilion, 16 and $75,000 for a farm to market project 17 manager ........................................ 120,000 18 For the Madison County Cornell Cooperative 19 Extension ....................................... 40,000 20 For the Craft Beverages Trail of the Cats- 21 kills .......................................... 100,000 22 For the Cornell Cooperative extension bridg- 23 ing the upstate-downstate food network 24 divide .......................................... 84,000 25 For the Comfort Food Community .................... 50,000 26 For the Pitney Meadows Community Farm ............. 50,000 27 For additional services and expenses of 28 Cornell university for maple research ........... 50,000 29 For additional services and expenses of 30 Cornell university Geneva experiment 31 station barley evaluation and field test- 32 ing program ..................................... 50,000 33 Cornell university hops breeding research 34 and extension program .......................... 300,000 35 Hop Growers of New York to promote New York 36 hops ............................................ 50,000 37 American Farmland Trust for Farmland for a 38 New Generation ................................. 500,000 39 Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environ- 40 ment ............................................ 50,000 41 -------------- 42 Program account subtotal .... [35,779,000] 38,779,000 43 -------------- 44 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 45 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.
