Bill Text: NY S01496 | 2023-2024 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S01496 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01496-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1496

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, HINCHEY -- 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    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 854 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
    17  amended  by  section  5  of part X of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
    18  amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as 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.
                                                                   LBD03539-01-3
        S. 1496                             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, renewable
     4  energy  [or],  industrial or agricultural purposes or other economically
     5  sound purposes identified and called for to implement a state designated
     6  urban cultural park management plan as provided in title G of the parks,
     7  recreation and historic preservation law and which may include  or  mean
     8  an  industrial pollution control facility, a recreation facility, educa-
     9  tional or cultural facility, a horse racing facility, a railroad facili-
    10  ty, a  renewable  energy  project  or  an  automobile  racing  facility,
    11  provided,  however,  no  agency shall use its funds or provide financial
    12  assistance in respect of any project wholly  or  partially  outside  the
    13  municipality  for whose benefit the agency was created without the prior
    14  consent thereto by the governing body or bodies of all the other munici-
    15  palities in which a part or parts of  the  project  is,  or  is  to  be,
    16  located,  and  such  portion of the project located outside such munici-
    17  pality for whose benefit the agency was created shall be contiguous with
    18  the portion of the project inside such municipality.
    19    (13) "Agriculture" or "agricultural" -  shall  mean  and  include  the
    20  production of any agricultural, horticultural, floricultural or aquacul-
    21  tural  product  of  the  soil or water that has been grown, harvested or
    22  produced within the state, including but not limited to fruits,  vegeta-
    23  bles,  eggs, dairy products, meat and meat products, poultry and poultry
    24  products, fish and fish products, grain and grain products, honey, nuts,
    25  preserves, maple sap products, apple cider, and fruit juice and includes
    26  the commercial raising, shearing, feeding and management of animals on a
    27  farm or ranch.
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.