Bill Text: NY A09940 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to misuse of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; relates to agricultural districts law improvements; repeals provisions relating to the manufacture and sale of adulterated turpentine and linseed oil; repeals provisions relating to the interstate pest control compact; and repeals provisions relating to the sale of charcoal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09940 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9940
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. MAGEE -- (at request of the Department of Agri-
          culture and Markets) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Agriculture
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
          misuse of federal food stamps; to amend the  agriculture  and  markets
          law, in relation to agricultural districts law improvements; to repeal
          article  12  of the agriculture and markets law, relating to the manu-
          facture and sale of adulterated turpentine and linseed oil; to  repeal
          article  21-C  of  the  agriculture  and  markets law, relating to the
          northeast interstate dairy compact; to repeal section 149 of the agri-
          culture and markets law,  relating  to  the  interstate  pest  control
          compact;  and  to  repeal section 214-k of the agriculture and markets
          law, relating to the sale and labeling of charcoal
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Article 12 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. Article 21-C of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED.
     3    § 3. Section 149 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED.
     4    § 4. Section 214-k of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED.
     5    § 5.  Section  45-b  of  the  agriculture and markets law, as added by
     6  chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
     7    § 45-b. Unauthorized possession, sale,  or  exchange  of  [food  order
     8  stamps]  supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued under
     9  [food stamp plan] supplemental nutrition assistance program. Any person,
    10  other than  a  person  authorized  by  the  regulations  and  conditions
    11  prescribed  by the secretary of agriculture of the United States govern-
    12  ing the [food stamp plan] supplemental nutrition assistance program, who
    13  shall have in his or her possession, or  who  shall  purchase,  sell  or
    14  exchange  any  [food  stamps, books, book covers] supplemental nutrition
    15  assistance program benefits or any other instruments or documents relat-
    16  ing to [food stamps] supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits,
    17  for money or for any article or articles other than those foods  author-
    18  ized  by  the  regulations and conditions prescribed by the secretary of
    19  agriculture of the United States governing the [food stamp plan] supple-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 9940                             2
     1  mental nutrition assistance program, or for food the value of  which  is
     2  less than the [face] amount of such [food stamps] supplemental nutrition
     3  assistance  program  benefits,  or  in  any other manner in violation of
     4  [the]  state and federal law or regulations and conditions prescribed by
     5  the secretary of agriculture of the United States  governing  the  [food
     6  stamp  plan]  supplemental nutrition assistance program, shall be guilty
     7  of a misdemeanor. As used herein, the word "person" shall mean any indi-
     8  vidual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether  or  not  such
     9  individual,  partnership,  corporation  or  association  is  eligible to
    10  participate or is participating in the [food  stamp  plan]  supplemental
    11  nutrition assistance program.
    12    § 6.  Paragraph  m  of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture
    13  and markets law, as added by chapter 547 of the laws of 2014, is amended
    14  to read as follows:
    15    m. Land used in silvopasturing, which is part of  a  single  operation
    16  that  otherwise  satisfies the requirements for eligibility for an agri-
    17  cultural assessment, shall be limited to up  to  ten  fenced  acres  per
    18  large  livestock,  including cattle, horses and camelids, and up to five
    19  fenced acres per small livestock, such as sheep, hogs, goats  and  poul-
    20  try.  For  the purposes of this subdivision, "silvopasturing" shall mean
    21  the intentional combination of trees, forages and livestock managed as a
    22  single integrated practice for the collective benefit of each, including
    23  the planting of appropriate grasses and legume forages among  trees  for
    24  sound grazing and livestock husbandry.
    25    § 7.  Subdivision  4 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law
    26  is amended by adding a new paragraph n to read as follows:
    27    n. Land, which is part of a single operation that otherwise  satisfies
    28  the  requirements  for  an  agricultural assessment, and is used for the
    29  production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products during the
    30  twelve months preceding the applicable taxable status date.
    31    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
    32  ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
    33  after such date.