Bill Text: NY S00900 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Grants concurrent jurisdiction to the city of New York department of health and mental hygiene over grocery stores and farmers' markets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-13 - PRINT NUMBER 900A [S00900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00900-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         900--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 7, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Cities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  New  York  city charter and the agriculture and
          markets law, in relation to granting concurrent  jurisdiction  to  the
          city  of  New  York department of health and mental hygiene to conduct
          inspections of retail food stores and farmers' markets; and  providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 556 of the New York  city  charter  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
     3    f.  Jurisdiction  over  retail  food stores and farmers' markets.  (1)
     4  Exercise, concurrently with the New York state department of agriculture
     5  and markets, jurisdiction to conduct inspections of retail  food  stores
     6  and  farmers'  markets within the geographical limit of its jurisdiction
     7  to determine compliance with  all  provisions  of  the  agriculture  and
     8  markets  law  and the regulations promulgated thereunder, which apply to
     9  retail food stores and farmers'  markets.  The  results  of  inspections
    10  conducted pursuant to this subdivision shall be referred to the New York
    11  state  department of agriculture and markets for appropriate enforcement
    12  proceedings; provided that if the New York state department of  agricul-
    13  ture  and  markets  imposes  any monetary penalty for a violation of the
    14  agriculture and markets law and the regulations  promulgated  thereunder
    15  as  a  result  of  an inspection conducted pursuant to this subdivision,
    16  fifty percent of the revenue resulting from such penalty shall  be  paid
    17  to the department for deposit in the general fund of the city; and
    18    (2)  coordinate  and  cooperate  with the New York state department of
    19  agriculture and markets in all matters related to the department's exer-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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