S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3802
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, BARRETT, SKARTADOS, ROBERTS, RUSSELL,
GALEF, BRINDISI, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
lishing the Shop: Pride of New York program for wholesale and retail
sellers of food and food products produced in New York state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 156-j to read as follows:
S 156-J. SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
(A) "NEW YORK PRODUCT" MEANS (I) NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCT
PACKED WITHIN THIS STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFFICIAL STANDARDS ESTAB-
LISHED AS PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE, ARTICLE THIRTEEN, ARTICLE THIR-
TEEN-A, ARTICLE THIRTEEN-B, ARTICLE THIRTEEN-C AND ARTICLE THIRTEEN-D OF
THIS CHAPTER OR ANY NEW YORK STATE PRODUCED OR LANDED AQUATIC PRODUCT,
SUBJECT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGAT-
ED BY THE COMMISSIONER; OR
(II) ANY NEW YORK STATE PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT, MANUFACTURED WITHIN
THIS STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFFICIAL STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO REGULATION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY COMPOSED OF
NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCTS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHENEVER THE
COMMISSIONER DETERMINES, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, THAT THE USE OF INGREDI-
ENTS NOT GROWN OR PRODUCED IN THIS STATE IS NECESSARY OR BENEFICIAL IN
MANUFACTURING A PARTICULAR PRODUCT BECAUSE SUCH INGREDIENTS ARE EITHER
NOT GROWN IN NEW YORK OR UNAVAILABLE IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OR AT A
REASONABLE PRICE TO ALLOW THE PRODUCT TO BE COMPOSED OF ONLY NEW YORK
STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCTS, THE STANDARD FOR SUCH PRODUCT MAY AUTHORIZE
THE INCLUSION OF INGREDIENTS NOT PRODUCED IN THIS STATE, EXCEPT THAT IN
NO EVENT SHALL AN OFFICIAL BRAND OR MARK BE APPROVED FOR USE ON A FOOD
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04925-01-3
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PRODUCT UNLESS AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF ITS CONTENT IS DERIVED FROM
NEW YORK STATE GROWN FARM PRODUCTS.
(B) "FOOD SELLER" MEANS ANY PERSON OR ENTITY REGULARLY ENGAGED IN THE
SALE OF FOOD AND/OR FOOD PRODUCTS.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGN, DETERMINE AND ADOPT AN OFFICIAL LOGO
FOR SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK FOOD SELLERS WHICH MAY BE DISPLAYED UPON THE
PREMISES OF FOOD SELLERS DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH
LOGO, WHEN ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, MAY BE REGISTERED AS A TRADEMARK
IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR
OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW RELATING TO
THE REGISTRATION OF TRADEMARKS. SUCH TRADEMARK SHALL BE REGISTERED BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITHOUT EXTRACTION OF ANY FEE THEREFOR. THE
COMMISSIONER MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, REGISTER SUCH MARK WITH THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND ANY OTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
3. A RETAIL FOOD SELLER MAY APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER TO HAVE ITS
BUSINESS DESIGNATED AS A SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK FOOD SELLER, IF SUCH
RETAIL FOOD SELLER SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE AT LEAST TWENTY DIFFERENT
FOODS AND/OR FOOD PRODUCTS THAT ARE NEW YORK PRODUCTS. EVERY APPLICANT
FOR DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE IN HIS OR HER
APPLICATION A LIST OF NEW YORK PRODUCTS SOLD ANNUALLY, THE NAMES OF THE
NEW YORK PRODUCT PRODUCERS FROM WHOM SUCH PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED, AND A
ONE SENTENCE DESCRIPTION OF ITS BUSINESS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, BASED
UPON THE PRODUCERS NAMED IN EACH APPLICATION, VERIFY THAT THE PRODUCTS
SOLD BY THE APPLICANT ARE NEW YORK PRODUCTS. IF THE COMMISSIONER FINDS
THAT THE APPLICANT'S BUSINESS COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN
THIS SUBDIVISION HE OR SHE SHALL DESIGNATE THE RETAIL FOOD SELLER AS A
SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK FOOD SELLER. APPLICANTS RECEIVING SUCH DESIG-
NATION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
PROVIDED WITH OFFICIAL SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK ADVERTISING AND PROMO-
TIONAL MATERIALS FREE OF CHARGE. THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PROVIDE SUCH MATERIALS, AS HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY, TO FULFILL THE
GOALS AND PURPOSES OF THE SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK PROGRAM.
4. A WHOLESALE FOOD SELLER MAY APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER TO HAVE ITS
BUSINESS DESIGNATED AS A SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK WHOLESALER, IF SUCH
WHOLESALE FOOD SELLER SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE SUCH QUANTITIES AND TYPES
OF FOODS AND/OR FOOD PRODUCTS THAT ARE NEW YORK PRODUCTS, AS SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED IN THE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT. EVERY APPLICANT FOR DESIG-
NATION PURSUANT TO THE SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE IN HIS OR HER APPLICA-
TION A LIST OF NEW YORK PRODUCTS SOLD ANNUALLY, THE NAMES OF THE NEW
YORK PRODUCT PRODUCERS FROM WHOM SUCH PRODUCTS WERE PURCHASED, AND A ONE
SENTENCE DESCRIPTION OF ITS BUSINESS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, BASED UPON
THE PRODUCERS NAMED IN EACH APPLICATION, VERIFY THAT THE PRODUCTS SOLD
BY THE APPLICANT ARE NEW YORK PRODUCTS. IF THE COMMISSIONER FINDS THAT
THE APPLICANT COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, HE OR SHE SHALL DESIGNATE THE WHOLESALE FOOD SELLER AS A SHOP:
PRIDE OF NEW YORK WHOLESALER. APPLICANTS RECEIVING SUCH DESIGNATION
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED
WITH OFFICIAL SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL MATE-
RIALS FREE OF CHARGE. THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH
MATERIALS, AS HE OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY, TO FULFILL THE GOALS AND
PURPOSES OF THE SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK PROGRAM.
5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH, ON ITS DEPARTMENTAL INTERNET
WEBSITE, A LINK DEDICATED TO THE SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK PROGRAM. SUCH
LINK SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME, LOCATION AND HOURS OF OPERATION OF EACH
SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK DESIGNATED FOOD SELLER, AND THE SINGLE SENTENCE
DESCRIPTION OF THE FOOD SELLER'S BUSINESS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN ITS
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APPLICATION. FURTHERMORE, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF SUCH
DEPARTMENT, SHALL ENGAGE IN THE PROMOTION OF SHOP: PRIDE OF NEW YORK
DESIGNATED FOOD SELLERS.
6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS HE
OR SHE DEEMS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, that, effec-
tive immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be promulgated on or before such date.