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                                   3396
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  estab-
   lishing the "New York state animal and plant fiber program"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
 article 25-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 25-C
               NEW YORK STATE ANIMAL AND PLANT FIBER PROGRAM
 SECTION 340. NEW YORK STATE ANIMAL AND PLANT FIBER PROGRAM.
         341. DEFINITIONS.
   §  340.  NEW YORK STATE ANIMAL AND PLANT FIBER PROGRAM. 1. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL CREATE A "NEW YORK STATE ANIMAL AND  PLANT  FIBER  PROGRAM"
 WHICH SHALL BE A PART OF THE NEW YORK GROWN AND CERTIFIED PROGRAM.
   2.  THE  PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCERS OF ANIMAL
 FIBERS AND PLANT FIBERS IN NEW YORK STATE TO  APPLY  FOR  PERMISSION  TO
 PLACE  THE  NEW YORK STATE GROWN AND CERTIFIED SEAL, ON OR UPON A LABEL,
 LABELING, PACKAGE, OR CONTAINER OF, OR ON OR UPON  AN  ADVERTISEMENT  OR
 DISPLAY  PROMOTING, PRODUCTS QUALIFYING FOR USE OF THE SEAL. SUCH APPLI-
 CATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER, UPON A FORM  PROVIDED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER,  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  INFORMATION WHICH SHALL BE
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   3.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY FURTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS
 HE OR SHE SHALL DEEM NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT  AND  INCORPORATION
 OF THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE NEW YORK STATE GROWN AND CERTIFIED PROGRAM.
   4.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE PROGRAM,
 WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE  ON  ITS  WEBSITE  AND  SHALL
 DISTRIBUTE SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, BOTH ELECTRONICALLY AND IN PRINT,
 TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD08936-01-1

 S. 3396                             2
 
   (A) CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSIONS, ESTABLISHED BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY;
   (B) BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;
   (C)  THE  NATIONAL  4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION ADMINISTERED BY
 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE;
   (D) ORGANIZERS OF COUNTY FAIRS IN NEW YORK STATE; AND
   (E) ANY FARMING ADVOCACY GROUPS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEEM  APPROPRI-
 ATE.
   5. THE PROGRAM SHALL BE INTRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT AT THE STATE FAIR
 HELD  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO-A  OF THIS CHAPTER, NEXT SUCCEEDING THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 341. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  THE  "NEW  YORK  STATE  ANIMAL  AND  PLANT  FIBER PROGRAM" OR "THE
 PROGRAM" MEANS THE NEW YORK STATE ANIMAL AND PLANT FIBER PROGRAM  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  "ANIMAL FIBER" MEANS NATURAL FIBERS THAT ARE OBTAINED FROM ANIMALS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HAIR, FUR, OR  SKIN  SECRETIONS  THAT  ARE
 SPUN, WOVEN, OR OTHERWISE MANIPULATED TO CREATE TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
   3.  "PLANT  FIBER"  MEANS NATURAL FIBERS THAT ARE OBTAINED FROM PLANTS
 AND USED TO CREATE TEXTILE  PRODUCTS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 COTTON AND HEMP.
   4.  THE "NEW YORK STATE GROWN AND CERTIFIED PROGRAM" MEANS THE PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PART ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF TITLE ONE  OF  THE
 NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   5.  THE  "NEW  YORK  GROWN AND CERTIFIED SEAL" OR "THE SEAL" MEANS THE
 SEAL CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SECTION 161.4 OF  PART  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE  OF  TITLE ONE OF THE NEW YORK STATE CODES, RULES AND
 REGULATIONS.
   § 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.