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                                   2388
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN,
   MARCHIONE, O'MARA, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO, SEWARD, VALESKY
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   industrial  development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural
   producers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  first  undesignated  paragraph of section 852 of the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state  to  promote  the
 economic  welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its inhab-
 itants and to actively promote, attract, encourage  and  develop  recre-
 ation,  economically sound commerce [and], industry AND AGRICULTURE, and
 economically sound projects identified and called  for  to  implement  a
 state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
 recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
 the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
 creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
 be  governmental  agencies  and  instrumentalities  and to grant to such
 industrial development agencies the rights and powers provided  in  this
 article.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 854 of the general municipal law, as
 amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 59 of the  laws  of  2013,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
   (4)  "Project"  -  shall mean any land, any building or other improve-
 ment, and all real and personal properties located within the  state  of
 New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
 the  municipality  for  whose benefit the agency was created, including,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03985-01-7

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 but not limited to, machinery, equipment  and  other  facilities  deemed
 necessary  or  desirable in connection therewith, or incidental thereto,
 whether or not now in existence or under construction,  which  shall  be
 suitable  for  manufacturing,  warehousing,  research,  commercial [or],
 industrial OR AGRICULTURAL purposes or other economically sound purposes
 identified and called for to implement a state designated urban cultural
 park management plan as provided in title G of the parks, recreation and
 historic preservation law and which may include or  mean  an  industrial
 pollution  control  facility,  a  recreation  facility,  educational  or
 cultural facility, a horse racing facility, a railroad  facility  or  an
 automobile  racing  facility, provided, however, no agency shall use its
 funds or provide financial assistance in respect of any  project  wholly
 or  partially  outside the municipality for whose benefit the agency was
 created without the prior consent  thereto  by  the  governing  body  or
 bodies  of  all the other municipalities in which a part or parts of the
 project is, or is to be,  located,  and  such  portion  of  the  project
 located  outside  such  municipality  for  whose  benefit the agency was
 created shall be contiguous with the portion of the project inside  such
 municipality.
   (13)  "AGRICULTURE"  OR  "AGRICULTURAL"  -  SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE
 PRODUCTION OF ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FLORICULTURAL OR AQUACUL-
 TURAL PRODUCT OF THE SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS  BEEN  GROWN,  HARVESTED  OR
 PRODUCED  WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS, VEGETA-
 BLES, EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND  POULTRY
 PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
 PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, AND FRUIT JUICE AND INCLUDES
 THE COMMERCIAL RAISING, SHEARING, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS ON A
 FARM OR RANCH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.