Bill Text: NY S04144 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that nursery growers and dealers registrations shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-08 - SIGNED CHAP.73 [S04144 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04144-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4144
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 21, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. RITCHIE -- (at request of the Department of Agricul-
         ture and Markets) -- 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 nursery
         growers and dealers registration
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  163-a  of  the  agriculture  and markets law, as
    2  amended by section 5 of part I1 of chapter 62 of the laws  of  2003,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    S 163-a. Application.  Any  nursery  grower  or nursery dealer, except
    5  those nursery dealers selling, transporting, or  handling  for  sale  or
    6  otherwise  disposing  of nursery stock, exclusively consisting of indoor
    7  plants, at a retail level, desiring to sell, or selling, or handling for
    8  sale, or otherwise disposing of nursery stock in this state  shall  make
    9  application in writing to the commissioner upon a form prescribed by the
   10  commissioner.  The application shall be [made on or before the first day
   11  of November and every other year thereafter for the registration  period
   12  beginning  in December and shall be] accompanied by a fee of one hundred
   13  dollars FOR A REGISTRATION EFFECTIVE FOR TWO  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF
   14  ISSUANCE.    The  commissioner  may exempt from the payment of such fees
   15  agencies or authorities of the state; county,  city,  town,  or  village
   16  governments;  or other entities providing benefit to the general public,
   17  including but not limited to, botanical gardens.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   19  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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