NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4660

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly
Mar 22, 2017	referred to agriculture
Mar 21, 2017	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.449 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 23, 2017	referred to agriculture

Votes

- Mar 21, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S4660
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 21, 2017
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
  Mar 21, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4660
  
  25
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Mar 21, 2017
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7369
Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to establish the Future Agriculture Readiness Marketing Camp to provide farmers with training in marketing and product development.

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4660

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act authorizing the commissioner of the
department of agriculture and markets to develop the future
agriculture readiness marketing camp

 PURPOSE :

To authorize the Commissioner of the State Department of Agriculture
and Markets to develop an agricultural marketing "boot camp" program,
in association with an advisory board.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 charges the Commissioner with creating the program.

Section 2 describes the advisory board that will govern the program,
and the mechanism for appointing certain members of that board.

Section 3 describes the length of the program, its level of academic
rigor, and the size of each yearly participant cohort.

Section 4 describes the process of applying to each administration of
the program.

Section 5 lists the SUNY campuses that may be used as the site of the

program each year.

Section 6 describes what the program shall teach participants.

Section 7 describes the presentations each participant must make at
the conclusion of each administration of the program, how those
presentations will be evaluated, and how grants may be awarded to a
subset of participants.

Section 8 instructs the Commissioner to admit only the owners of small
to medium sized farms, who are legal residents of New York State, with
certain business models.

Section 9 authorizes the provision of funds by the Commissioner to the
extent an appropriation is available for the specific purpose of
operating the program.

Section 10 states that the act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

For business owners, often times marketing is one of the most
important pieces of the puzzle when it comes to achieving success. To
help those new to the agriculture industry gain the valuable knowledge
and tools needed to promote their businesses, this legislation would
establish a "F.A.R.M Camp," or a Future Agriculture Readiness
Marketing Camp. Offered once yearly to a select group of successful
farmer-applicants, this camp will expose selectees to several of the
best agriculture programs in the state. Each participant will have
access to all that SUNY has to offer, allowing them to develop their
business and themselves. An exclusive group of graduates from the
program will also be granted additional aid in the form of grant funds
to help them make their marketing plan a reality.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4660
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of the department of agriculture and
   markets to develop the future agriculture readiness marketing camp
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  agriculture  and markets is hereby
 authorized and directed to develop an agricultural marketing "boot camp"
 program in accordance with the requirements prescribed in this act.
   § 2. (a) The commissioner of agriculture and markets  is  directed  to
 develop  the program in cooperation with an advisory board consisting of
 the presidents of: SUNY Morrisville; SUNY Canton; SUNY Cobleskill;  SUNY
 Oswego,  and the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences at
 Cornell University.  Though the resources of each institution  shall  be
 utilized, the program shall be coordinated by the Small Farms program of
 Cornell  University.    Two  representatives, one selected by the senate
 majority, and the second by the assembly majority, shall also  serve  on
 the program's advisory board.
   (b) Members of the advisory board described in subdivision (a) of this
 section  shall  not  receive  compensation,  but  shall  be  entitled to
 reimbursement for expenses under any  applicable  state  law,  rule,  or
 regulation.
   § 3. The program shall be no less than one week in length, but no more
 than  two  weeks,  and  shall  be at least as academically rigorous as a
 200-level-class at any of the institutions in subdivision (a) of section
 two of this act. Participants shall have the same access to information,
 faculty, staff, and resources as a matriculated student  would  have  at
 any  of the institutions named in subdivision (a) of section two of this
 act. The program shall consist of one cohort each year, of not more than
 thirty students, but not fewer than five students.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09433-04-7

 S. 4660                             2
 
   § 4. (a) Prospective participants shall submit an  application,  at  a
 time  and  in a manner determined by the participating institutions. The
 application shall include a combination of media, and  at  minimum  must
 describe:  a  business plan; marketing goals; the product intended to be
 sold, and demonstrate that the prospective participant has the necessary
 attributes to succeed in the program.  Prospective participants may also
 be  required  to  submit  other supplementary documentation as is deemed
 necessary by the participating institutions.
   (b) Successful applicants shall be required  to  pay  a  fee  covering
 room,  board,  and  materials.  This fee shall not exceed $500 per week,
 payable to any participating institution that hosts all  or  a  part  of
 that year's administration of the program.
   §  5.  The  program  will be held on the campus of either SUNY Morris-
 ville, SUNY Canton, SUNY Cobleskill, or SUNY Oswego, or any  combination
 thereof  as  determined by the participating institutions.  The location
 may change from one year to another.
   § 6. The program shall teach participants how to: develop their chosen
 product; how to identify prospective  consumers;  how  to  market  their
 product  to  such  consumers, and how to transport their product to such
 consumers. The program may also include any  other  topics  or  cognates
 that the participating institutions deem necessary and proper.
   § 7. (a) No more than one week after the end of each administration of
 the  program,  participating  institutions  shall  review  presentations
 prepared by each participant. Presentations shall feature such materials
 as the participating institutions may deem  appropriate  to  demonstrate
 understanding of the program content, and the further development of the
 business  plan and marketing goals contained in the participant's appli-
 cation.
   (b) Of each cohort, not more than one-third of the participants shall,
 based on the presentations described in subdivision (a) of this section,
 be selected for a grant of funds. Each individual grant shall not exceed
 $10,000.
   (c) Each grant shall be issued by the empire state development  corpo-
 ration, according to an agreement between it, the department of agricul-
 ture and markets, and the office of the state comptroller.
   (d)  Each  awardee shall be required to submit periodic reports to the
 department of agriculture and markets and the office of the state  comp-
 troller.  These  reports  will  allow the monitoring of grant funds, and
 should also serve to develop best-practices models that will  be  shared
 with  future  participants  in  the program, as well as the students and
 faculty of participating institutions.
   § 8. The commissioner of agriculture  and  markets  is  instructed  to
 ensure  that  the  program  admits  only owners of small to medium sized
 farms based on the United States department of agriculture's 2012  agri-
 culture  census of New York state, who seek to target non-traditional or
 non-commodity markets. Applicants must be domiciled in  New  York  state
 and have a principal place of business in this state.
   §  9.  The commissioner of agriculture and markets shall be authorized
 to provide funds for this program only to the extent that  an  appropri-
 ation is available for that specific purpose.
   §  10.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately. The commissioner of
 agriculture and markets shall induct the first cohort into  the  program
 within one year of the effective date of this act.

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Senate Bill S4660

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

Mar 21, 2017 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 21, 2017

Mar 21, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Mar 21, 2017

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Patty Ritchie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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