Bill Text: NY S04240 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes industrial development agencies to provide technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers for products grown, harvested or produced within the state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-18 - referred to local governments [S04240 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04240-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4240
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. LARKIN, CARLUCCI, DeFRANCISCO, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER
         -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
         industrial  development agencies to provide assistance to agricultural
         producers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  first  undesignated  paragraph of section 852 of the
    2  general municipal law, as amended by chapter 747 of the laws of 2005, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state  to  promote  the
    5  economic  welfare, recreation opportunities and prosperity of its inhab-
    6  itants and to actively promote, attract, encourage  and  develop  recre-
    7  ation,  economically sound commerce [and], industry AND AGRICULTURE, and
    8  economically sound projects identified and called  for  to  implement  a
    9  state heritage area management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
   10  recreation and historic preservation law through governmental action for
   11  the purpose of preventing unemployment and economic deterioration by the
   12  creation of industrial development agencies which are hereby declared to
   13  be  governmental  agencies  and  instrumentalities  and to grant to such
   14  industrial development agencies the rights and powers provided  in  this
   15  article.
   16    S  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 854 of the general municipal law, as
   17  amended by chapter 541 of the laws  of  1982,  is  amended  to  read  as
   18  follows:
   19    (4)  "Project"  -  shall mean any land, any building or other improve-
   20  ment, and all real and personal properties located within the  state  of
   21  New York and within or outside or partially within and partially outside
   22  the  municipality  for  whose benefit the agency was created, including,
   23  but not limited to, machinery, equipment  and  other  facilities  deemed
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 4240                             2
    1  necessary  or  desirable in connection therewith, or incidental thereto,
    2  whether or not now in existence or under construction,  which  shall  be
    3  suitable  for  manufacturing,  warehousing,  research,  commercial [or],
    4  industrial OR AGRICULTURAL purposes or other economically sound purposes
    5  identified and called for to implement a state designated urban cultural
    6  park management plan as provided in title G of the parks, recreation and
    7  historic  preservation  law  and which may include or mean an industrial
    8  pollution  control  facility,  a  recreation  facility,  educational  or
    9  cultural  facility,  a  horse  racing  facility  or a railroad facility,
   10  provided, however, no agency shall use  its  funds  in  respect  of  any
   11  project  wholly  or partially outside the municipality for whose benefit
   12  the agency was created without the prior consent thereto by the  govern-
   13  ing  body  or  bodies of all the other municipalities in which a part or
   14  parts of the project is, or is to be, located.
   15    S 3. Section 854 of the general municipal law is amended by  adding  a
   16  new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   17    (20)  "AGRICULTURE"  OR  "AGRICULTURAL"  -  SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE THE
   18  PRODUCTION OF ANY AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, FLORICULTURAL OR AQUACUL-
   19  TURAL PRODUCT OF THE SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS  BEEN  GROWN,  HARVESTED  OR
   20  PRODUCED  WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS, VEGETA-
   21  BLES, EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND  POULTRY
   22  PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
   23  PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, AND FRUIT JUICE AND INCLUDES
   24  THE COMMERCIAL RAISING, SHEARING, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS ON A
   25  FARM OR RANCH.
   26    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.