Bill Text: NY A09858 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9858 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Includes certain commercial equine operations in the definition of land used in agricultural production.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-20 - substituted by s6962 [A09858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09858-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9858
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 18, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  includ-
         ing  certain  commercial  equine  operations in the definition of land
         used in agricultural production
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 301 of
    2  the agriculture and markets law, as separately amended by  chapters  445
    3  and 696 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    4    "Land used in agricultural production" means not less than seven acres
    5  of  land  used  as a single operation in the preceding two years for the
    6  production for sale of crops, livestock  or  livestock  products  of  an
    7  average  gross sales value of ten thousand dollars or more; or, not less
    8  than seven acres of land used in the preceding two years  to  support  a
    9  commercial  horse  boarding  operation  OR A COMMERCIAL EQUINE OPERATION
   10  with annual gross receipts of ten thousand dollars or more. Land used in
   11  agricultural production shall not include land or portions thereof  used
   12  for processing or retail merchandising of such crops, livestock or live-
   13  stock products. Land used in agricultural production shall also include:
   14    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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