Assembly Actions -
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Mar 10, 2020 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 04, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 03, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 02, 2020 |
1st report cal.505 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 28, 2019 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 26, 2019 |
ordered to third reading cal.342 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 29, 2019 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S2797
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2019-S2797 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2797 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2797 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to annual reporting requirements for farmers markets PURPOSE: To amend the reporting requirement for the farmer's market program to report to include a discussion of food deserts and the efforts to devel- op and expand farmer's markets in food deserts. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 263 of the agriculture and markets law to require reports under this provision to include the number, nature and geographic location of all farmers, markets; a description of food deserts in New York; an assessment of successes and failures in estab- lishing farmers markets in food deserts; recommendations for expanding
2019-S2797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2797 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, KENNEDY, MONTGOMERY -- 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 annual reporting requirements for farmers markets THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 263 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner shall quinquennially report to the governor and the legislature on or before January first, two thousand seven and on or before January first of each fifth year thereafter on the status of the state farmers' markets program, as provided under this article. Such report shall include: (A) THE NUMBER, NATURE AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF FARMERS MARKETS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; [(a)] (B) the number and nature of proposals made to the department for state assistance; [(b)] (C) the number, nature and geographic location of approved farm- ers' markets development or improvement projects, and the amounts of each award made thereto; [(c)] (D) an assessment of the effectiveness of existing farmers' markets to facilitate New York producers to direct market their farm and food products to retail and wholesale consumers; [and] (E) THE NUMBER, NATURE AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF FOOD DESERTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL PROVIDE DETAILED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, THE NUMBER AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOOD SOURCES IN FOOD DESERTS, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DESERTS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01026-01-9
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