Senate Bill S2461

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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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:
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

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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