STATE OF NEW YORK
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3237
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT, GIGLIO, FINCH, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. CERETTO, CROUCH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating black dirt as
the state soil and to designate the black dirt region as home to the
most fertile soil
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 89 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 89. State soil. Black dirt shall be the official soil of the state
4 of New York and the black dirt region located in southern Orange county
5 shall be the official home of the most fertile soil in the state of New
6 York.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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