Bill Text: NY A07038 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the small farm disaster recovery grant program; provides grants for the purchase and replanting of crops destroyed by natural disaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to agriculture [A07038 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07038-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7038
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Agriculture
       AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  estab-
         lishing a small farm disaster recovery grant program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
    2  section 325-b to read as follows:
    3    S 325-B. SMALL FARM DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HERE-
    4  BY ESTABLISHED A SMALL FARM DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.
    5    2.  THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO SMALL
    6  FARMS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS.
    7    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SMALL FARM SHALL ONLY  INCLUDE  FARMS
    8  THAT  SELL PRODUCE AND HAVE ANNUAL SALES OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
    9  OR LESS.
   10    4. THE OWNER OF ANY SMALL FARM MAY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR  A  GRANT
   11  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT. GRANTS AWARDED PURSUANT TO
   12  THIS SECTION SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PURCHASING  AND
   13  REPLANTING CROPS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY A NATURAL DISASTER.
   14    5.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  UPON  REVIEW  OF AN OWNER'S APPLICATION, SHALL
   15  DETERMINE IF THE OWNER IS ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   16  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO THE AMOUNT OF  GRANT
   17  THE  SMALL  FARM  OWNER  NEEDS TO REBUILD HIS OR HER CROP, PROVIDED THAT
   18  SUCH AMOUNT SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   19    6. THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED THROUGH ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS  OF  THE
   20  LEGISLATURE OR ANY OTHER FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF
   21  THIS  SECTION.  GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE AWARDED BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY
   22  OF FUNDS.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   24  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
   25  agriculture  and markets may implement any rule or regulation and create
   26  the required application, which are necessary for the timely implementa-
   27  tion of this act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10000-03-3