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                                   3673
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE, AKSHAR -- 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,
 but not limited to, machinery, equipment  and  other  facilities  deemed
 necessary  or  desirable in connection therewith, or incidental thereto,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.