Bill Text: NY A01463 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state; strategy shall be based on an analysis of land use and economic trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for protecting farmland and strengthening food production in the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - reported referred to ways and means [A01463 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01463-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1463
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to authorize and direct  the  commissioners  of  agriculture  and
         markets  and  economic  development  to  study and develop a long-term
         strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic
    2  development are hereby authorized and directed to study  and  develop  a
    3  long-term  strategy  for  sustaining  farming and food production in New
    4  York state. Such strategy shall be based on an analysis of land use  and
    5  economic  trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and
    6  other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for  protect-
    7  ing farmland and strengthening food production in the state. Such strat-
    8  egy  shall  be  developed in consultation with agricultural and economic
    9  development advisory bodies created or authorized by  statute  and  such
   10  other organizations or persons as the commissioners shall deem appropri-
   11  ate.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commission-
   12  ers shall submit a report of their findings and recommendations, includ-
   13  ing proposed legislation, if any, to the governor and the legislature.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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