Bill Text: NY S06553 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the New York agricultural investment task force act; establishes the New York task force on agricultural investment to study and assess the future of agriculture in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-13 - VETOED MEMO.233 [S06553 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06553-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6553

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sens. METZGER, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT establishing the New York task force on agricultural  investment;
          and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
          thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  This  act shall be known and maybe cited as the "New York
     2  agricultural investment task force act".
     3    § 2. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that  it  is  in  the
     4  public interest to have a viable agricultural sector in the state and to
     5  establish an agricultural investment task force that shall study, evalu-
     6  ate and develop budgeting and other recommendations relating to specific
     7  actionable measures to address farm sustainability in New York state.
     8    §  3.  The  New  York  task force on agricultural investment is hereby
     9  established to study and assess the future of agriculture in the  state.
    10  Such task force shall consist of twelve members with demonstrated exper-
    11  tise  in  issues  relating to the work of the task force. The members of
    12  the task force shall be appointed as follows:
    13    (a) six members shall be appointed  by  the  governor.  Such  members'
    14  expertise  shall  encompass,  but  not be limited to, the topic areas of
    15  agriculture, economic development, the environment, and workforce devel-
    16  opment. The six members appointed by the  governor  shall  include:  the
    17  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  markets, or his or her designee, who
    18  shall serve as the chairperson of the task force;  the  commissioner  of
    19  labor, or his or her designee; the president of the New York state ener-
    20  gy  research  and  development  authority,  or  his or her designee; the
    21  commissioner of environmental conservation, or his or her designee;  the
    22  commissioner  of  housing and community renewal, or his or her designee;
    23  and the commissioner of economic development, or his or her designee;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13364-03-9
        S. 6553                             2

     1    (b) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president  of  the
     2  senate;
     3    (c) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
     4    (d) one member shall be appointed by the senate minority leader; and
     5    (e) one member shall be appointed by the assembly minority leader.
     6    §  4.  All  appointments shall be made no later than the fifteenth day
     7  after the effective date of this section. Vacancies in the membership of
     8  the task force shall be filled in the same manner provided  for  by  the
     9  original  appointments. The task force shall organize as soon as practi-
    10  cable following the appointment of its members.  The  chairperson  shall
    11  appoint  a  secretary  who  shall not be a member of the task force. The
    12  members of the task  force  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
    13  services.
    14    §  5. The task force shall study, evaluate and develop recommendations
    15  relating to the state of agriculture in the state  and  issues  such  as
    16  labor, workforce development, and economic conditions.
    17    §  6.  The  task  force  shall be entitled to request and receive, and
    18  shall utilize such facilities, resources and data of any court,  depart-
    19  ment,  division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state or any
    20  political subdivision thereof as it may reasonably request  to  properly
    21  carry out its powers and duties.
    22    §  7.  The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to
    23  the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the  speaker  of
    24  the assembly on or before November 1, 2019.
    25    §  8.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    26  deemed repealed one year after such date.