Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to economic development |
Jun 11, 2021 |
referred to economic development |
Assembly Bill A8073
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LUPARDO
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
John T. McDonald III
Fred Thiele
Angelo Santabarbara
Inez E. Dickens
2021-A8073 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6067
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Economic Development
- Law Section:
- New York State Urban Development Corporation Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §16-w, UDC Act
2021-A8073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8073 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the urban development corporation act, in relation to the beginning farmers NY fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 16-w of section 1 of chap- ter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the urban development corpo- ration act, subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part W of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, and subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows: 2. The corporation shall consult with the department of agriculture and markets in order to establish such criteria governing the award of grants as authorized herein, as the corporation and such department deem necessary. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, farmers who have not produced an "agricultural product" as defined by section three hundred twenty-eight of the agriculture and markets law, for more than ten consecutive years, and who will materially and substantially participate in the production of an agricultural product within a region of the state. SUCH CRITERIA SHALL ALSO INCLUDE PRIORITY FOR APPLICANTS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR WHO ARE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS OR RANCHERS AS DEFINED BY 7 U.S.C. §2279(A). 3. Appropriations to the beginning farmers NY fund may be used for the following purposes: (a) to assist farmers in demonstrating innovative agricultural tech- niques including, but not limited to, organic farming and specialty crops. (b) capital grants in accordance with a business plan to improve farm profitability. Upon completion of such business plan, recipients shall be eligible for capital grants OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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