Senate Bill S8468

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing fresh produce to food deserts in the state

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1908
2023-2024: S330

2019-S8468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes in the department of agriculture and markets a program to purchase fresh produce from farms located in the state and distribute such produce to areas determined by the commissioner of agriculture and markets to be food deserts.

2019-S8468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8468
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  provid-
   ing fresh produce to food deserts in the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 51 to read as follows:
   51. (A) ESTABLISH A PROGRAM IN THE STATE  TO  PURCHASE  FRESH  PRODUCE
 FROM  FARMS  LOCATED  IN  THE STATE UTILIZING ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED TO
 SUCH PROGRAM AND DISTRIBUTE SUCH FRESH PRODUCE IN  AREAS  OF  THE  STATE
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  TO  BE FOOD DESERTS. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PROMULGATE FOR SUCH PROGRAM:
   (I) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION CRITERIA FOR INDIVIDUALS IN  AREAS  IN
 THE  STATE  DESIGNATED AS FOOD DESERTS TO RECEIVE FRESH PRODUCE PURSUANT
 TO THE PROGRAM;
   (II) ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION CRITERIA FOR FARMS IN  THE  STATE  TO
 REGISTER  AS  VENDORS  TO  EXPEDITE  THE ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
 FRESH PRODUCE FROM SUCH FARMS.
   (B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION "FOOD  DESERT"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME
 MEANING  AS  DEFINED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADDITIONALLY CONSIDER READILY
 AVAILABLE ACCESS TO FRESH FOODS, THE SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF AN AREA, AND THE
 DISTANCE TO FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS  THAT  PROVIDE  HEALTHY  AND/OR  ORGANIC
 FOODS  WHEN  DETERMINING  WHAT AREAS OF THE STATE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A
 FOOD DESERT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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