NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8994
SPONSOR: Magee (MS) TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the state law, in relation to the
designation of yogurt as the state snack
PURPOSE:
To designate yogurt as the official state snack of New York.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the State Law by adding a new section 89 to designate
yogurt as the official snack of the State of New York.
Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
Yogurt is a healthy food that tastes great and is a good source of
protein, calcium, vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium and magnesium, all nutri-
ents that are an important part of a good diet. Yogurt is also an
important economic driver across our state; in fact New York is now the
number one processor of yogurt in the country. Increasing demand for
milk, the primary component in yogurt, has helped to support and grow
our dairy industry and provide important economic growth to our rural
communities. New York is now fifth in the nation in milk production,
producing over 13 billion pounds in 2012, in part fueled by the demand
from yogurt processors.
Both from a health standpoint and economic standpoint, yogurt is partic-
ularly suitable as the state snack.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to state.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8994
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to the designation of yogurt
as the state snack
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 read
2 as follows:
3 § 89. State snack. Yogurt shall be the official snack of the state of
4 New York.
5 § 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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