Bill Text: NY S00627 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Finances the construction, reconstruction, improvement, expansion or rehabilitation of wholesale regional farmers' markets and food hubs that promote farm products grown in New York state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - SIGNED CHAP.298 [S00627 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00627-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          627
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. KLEIN, BONACIC, KRUEGER, OPPENHEIMER -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
         relation to developing local and regional wholesale  farmers'  markets
         to promote foods grown in New York state
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 16-m of section 1 of  chapter  174
    2  of  the  laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development
    3  corporation act, is amended by adding a new paragraph  (l)  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    (L)  LOANS,  LOAN  GUARANTEES,  INTEREST SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS TO BUSI-
    6  NESSES, MUNICIPALITIES, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES  AND  LOCAL  AND
    7  REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS,
    8  BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, REGIONAL MARKETING AUTHORITIES AND AGRI-
    9  CULTURAL COOPERATIVES ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO THE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS
   10  LAW,  AND  OTHER ENTITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE-
   11  MENT, EXPANSION OR REHABILITATION OF WHOLESALE REGIONAL FARMERS' MARKETS
   12  THAT FACILITATE THE  SALE  AND  PROMOTION  OF  FARM  PRODUCTS  GROWN  OR
   13  PRODUCED IN NEW YORK STATE.
   14    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
   15  ments to section 16-m of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws  of  1968,
   16  constituting  the New York state urban development corporation act, made
   17  by section one of this act, shall not  affect  the  expiration  of  such
   18  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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