Bill Text: NY S07433 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their support of farmers age sixty-two years and older.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9215 [S07433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07433-Introduced.html

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                                     May 14, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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  requir-
         ing  the  department  of  agriculture  and  markets  to evaluate their
         support of farmers age sixty-two years and older
         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 47 to read as follows:
    3    47.  EVALUATE,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING,
    4  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  ENSURE  THAT  THEY
    5  SUPPORT  THE NEEDS OF FARMERS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN AGRICUL-
    6  TURE, AND THE PRODUCTION,  PROCESSING,  MARKETING  AND  DISTRIBUTING  OF
    7  FOOD,  WHO  ARE  ALSO  SENIORS, WHICH SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL SIXTY-TWO
    8  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14598-01-4