Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 16, 2024 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to agriculture |
May 09, 2023 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 20, 2023 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S2461
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 57th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
(D) 20th Senate District
2023-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2262
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §501, amd §500, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S7585, A9721
2023-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards.
2023-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2461 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab- lishing the sanitary retail food store grant program SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends the agriculture and markets law by adding section 501 which provides "Sanitary retail food store grant program" to retail food stores that meet the following criteria; (a) found to have critical deficiencies that were not or could not be corrected at the time of inspection creating a need for immediate corrective action or fails for two consecutive inspections; (b) located in a food desert whereby clos- ing the retail food store would have a substantial impact on the commu- nity it serves; (c) the retail food store is able to establish that it does not have adequate funding or resources to correct the critical deficiencies, nor would it be able to attain such funding within a reasonable amount time to prevent a negative impact to the community; (d) the retail food store is able to establish that it is unable to attain credit or loan for all or part of the costs needed to correct the
2023-S2461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2461 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, BORRELLO, MAY, MYRIE -- 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 sanitary retail food store grant 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 section 501 to read as follows: § 501. SANITARY RETAIL FOOD STORE GRANT PROGRAM. 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES THAT RETAIL FOOD STORES LOCATED IN NEW YORK SHOULD MAINTAIN PROPER SANITARY CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL PATRONS. PRESERVING STORES THAT ARE UNABLE TO MEET PROPER SANITARY CONDITIONS, AND ARE LOCATED IN AREAS WHERE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO AFFORDA- BLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD, IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY DECLARES THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS CITIZENS, AND PRESERVE RETAIL FOOD STORES LOCATED IN FOOD DESERTS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE A SANITARY RETAIL FOOD STORE GRANT PROGRAM. 2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES" MEANS FACTORS THAT ARE LEADING CAUSES OF FOODBORNE ILLNESSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (I) INSECT, RODENT, BIRD, OR VERMIN ACTIVITY LIKELY TO RESULT IN PROD- UCT CONTAMINATION; (II) CONTACT SURFACES ARE UNCLEAN OR NOT PROPERLY SANITIZED, SUCH AS FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, OR CONVEYANCES FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARD- OUS FOODS; (III) EMPLOYEE HANDWASHING FACILITIES INADEQUATE FOR ESTABLISHMENTS HANDLING EXPOSED FOODS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03193-01-3
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