BILL NO A02236
SAME AS SAME AS S02791
SPONSOR Crouch (MS)
COSPNSR Kolb, Giglio, Hawley, Barclay, Finch, Oaks, Raia, Montesano
MLTSPNSR Ceretto, Tenney
Amd S605, add S671-a, Ed L
Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2013"; directs the
board of regents and the education department to investigate and study
undergraduate agricultural programs with the goal of identifying programs which
encourage entry into agricultural production; establishes agriculture producer
scholarships for students who agree to be agriculture producers in the state
for a certain period of time after graduation; establishes the producer's loan
foregiveness program; directs the board of regents and the education department
to establish and implement an outreach program to encourage elementary and
secondary school students to enter the agricultural field; directs the
commissioner of agriculture and markets to report to the governor and the
legislature on reducing taxation on land used in agricultural production;
appropriates funds therefor.
