Bill Text: NY S07280 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to misuse of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; relates to agricultural districts law improvements; repeals provisions relating to the manufacture and sale of adulterated turpentine and linseed oil; repeals provisions relating to the interstate pest control compact; and repeals provisions relating to the sale of charcoal.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-03 - PRINT NUMBER 7280A [S07280 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07280-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7280--A IN SENATE April 12, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- (at request of the Department of Agricul- ture and Markets) -- 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 the misuse of federal food stamps; to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to agricultural districts law improvements; to repeal article 12 of the agriculture and markets law, relating to the manu- facture and sale of adulterated turpentine and linseed oil; to repeal section 149 of the agriculture and markets law, relating to the inter- state pest control compact; and to repeal section 214-k of the agri- culture and markets law, relating to the sale and labeling of charcoal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 12 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED. 2 § 2. Section 149 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED. 3 § 3. Section 214-k of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED. 4 § 4. Section 45-b of the agriculture and markets law, as added by 5 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 45-b. Unauthorized possession, sale, or exchange of [food order7stamps] supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued under 8 [food stamp plan] supplemental nutrition assistance program. Any person, 9 other than a person authorized by the regulations and conditions 10 prescribed by the secretary of agriculture of the United States govern- 11 ing the [food stamp plan] supplemental nutrition assistance program, who 12 shall have in his or her possession, or who shall purchase, sell or 13 exchange any [food stamps, books, book covers] supplemental nutrition 14 assistance program benefits or any other instruments or documents relat- 15 ing to [food stamps] supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, 16 for money or for any article or articles other than those foods author- 17 ized by the regulations and conditions prescribed by the secretary of 18 agriculture of the United States governing the [food stamp plan] supple- 19 mental nutrition assistance program, or for food the value of which is EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14158-03-6S. 7280--A 2 1 less than the [face] amount of such [food stamps] supplemental nutrition 2 assistance program benefits, or in any other manner in violation of 3 [the] state and federal law or regulations and conditions prescribed by 4 the secretary of agriculture of the United States governing the [food5stamp plan] supplemental nutrition assistance program, shall be guilty 6 of a misdemeanor. As used herein, the word "person" shall mean any indi- 7 vidual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether or not such 8 individual, partnership, corporation or association is eligible to 9 participate or is participating in the [food stamp plan] supplemental 10 nutrition assistance program. 11 § 5. Paragraph m of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture 12 and markets law, as added by chapter 547 of the laws of 2014, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 m. Land used in silvopasturing, which is part of a single operation 15 that otherwise satisfies the requirements for eligibility for an agri- 16 cultural assessment, shall be limited to up to ten fenced acres per 17 large livestock, including cattle, horses and camelids, and up to five 18 fenced acres per small livestock, such as sheep, hogs, goats and poul- 19 try. For the purposes of this subdivision, "silvopasturing" shall mean 20 the intentional combination of trees, forages and livestock managed as a 21 single integrated practice for the collective benefit of each, including 22 the planting of appropriate grasses and legume forages among trees for 23 sound grazing and livestock husbandry. 24 § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law 25 is amended by adding a new paragraph n to read as follows: 26 n. Land, which is part of a single operation that otherwise satisfies 27 the requirements for an agricultural assessment, and is used for the 28 production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products during the 29 twelve months preceding the applicable taxable status date. 30 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess- 31 ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or 32 after such date.
