Bill Text: NY S02797 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to annual reporting requirements for farmers' markets.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - referred to agriculture [S02797 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02797-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2797
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  KENNEDY,  MONTGOMERY  --  read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Agriculture
        AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to annual
          reporting requirements for farmers markets
          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 263 of the agriculture and markets
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    1. The commissioner shall quinquennially report to  the  governor  and
     5  the legislature on or before January first, two thousand seven and on or
     6  before  January first of each fifth year thereafter on the status of the
     7  state farmers' markets program, as provided  under  this  article.  Such
     8  report shall include:
     9    (a)  the number, nature and geographic locations of farmers markets in
    10  the state of New York;
    11    [(a)] (b) the number and nature of proposals made  to  the  department
    12  for state assistance;
    13    [(b)] (c) the number, nature and geographic location of approved farm-
    14  ers'  markets  development  or  improvement projects, and the amounts of
    15  each award made thereto;
    16    [(c)] (d) an assessment of  the  effectiveness  of  existing  farmers'
    17  markets to facilitate New York producers to direct market their farm and
    18  food products to retail and wholesale consumers; [and]
    19    (e)  the number, nature and geographic location of food deserts in the
    20  state of New York; such assessment shall  provide  detailed  demographic
    21  information,  the  number  and  descriptions of the food sources in food
    22  deserts, and any other information the  commissioner  deems  appropriate
    23  for an assessment of food deserts;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (f)  an  assessment  of the successes, failures and barriers in estab-
     2  lishing farmers markets in food deserts and recommendations for overcom-
     3  ing the failures and barriers in establishing farmers  markets  in  food
     4  deserts;
     5    (g)  a  list  of  the  funding sources available for expanding farmers
     6  markets into food deserts; and
     7    [(d)](h) any recommendations for [program] improvement of the farmers'
     8  markets program.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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