Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to agriculture |
Feb 03, 2017 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A4630
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAGEE
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
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Aileen Gunther
Frank Skartados
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Clifford Crouch
Barbara Lifton
Philip Palmesano
2017-A4630 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A4630 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Makes provisions relating to retail farm operations; defines retail farm operations as a seasonal or annual enterprise operated for the purpose of selling predominantly farm and food products which are in support of agricultural production; includes retail farm operations under the definition of farm operations and the provisions of sound agricultural practices necessary for on-farm production, preparation and marketing.
2017-A4630 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4630 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, THIELE, GUNTHER, SKARTADOS, FITZPATRICK, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CROUCH, LIFTON, LOPEZ, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agri- culture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to retail farm operations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 19 is added to read as follows: 11. "Farm operation" means the land and on-farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contrib- ute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a "commercial horse boarding operation" as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a "timber operation" as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, "compost, mulch or other biomass crops" as defined in subdivi- sion seventeen of this section [and], "commercial equine operation" as defined in subdivision eighteen of this section AND A "RETAIL FARM OPER- ATION" AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINETEEN OF THIS SECTION. Such farm operation may consist of one or more parcels of owned or rented land, which parcels may be contiguous or noncontiguous to each other. 19. "RETAIL FARM OPERATION" MEANS A SEASONAL OR ANNUAL ENTERPRISE WITH EITHER PERMANENT OR NONPERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SELLING PREDOMINANTLY FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR IN SUPPORT OF LAND USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. SUCH PORTION OF THE FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS SHALL EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE GROSS ANNUAL INCOME OF SUCH RETAIL FARM OPERATION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FARM AND FOOD PRODUCTS SHALL MEAN ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FOREST OR OTHER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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