Amd §151-j, Ag & Mkts L; amd §2, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.7081 & A.4911)
Provides that funding for the agrivoltaics research program shall come from appropriations made to the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell university in chapter 53 of 2023 for the purpose of studying ecological impacts of agrivoltaics; places a sunset on such program of December 31, 2030.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8496
IN ASSEMBLY
January 4, 2024
___________
Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to funding
for the agrivoltaics research program; to amend a chapter of the laws
of 2023 amending the agriculture and markets law relating to estab-
lishing the agrivoltaics research program, as proposed in legislative
bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911, in relation to the effectiveness
thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 151-j of the agriculture and markets law, as added
2 by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the agriculture and markets
3 law relating to establishing the agrivoltaics research program, as
4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911, is amended by
5 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
6 4. Such program shall be funded by appropriations made available in
7 chapter fifty-three of the laws of two thousand twenty-three to the New
8 York state college of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell universi-
9 ty for the purpose of studying the ecological impacts of agrivoltaics,
10 and any future appropriation made thereafter for the same purpose.
11 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the agricul-
12 ture and markets law relating to establishing the agrivoltaics research
13 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911,
14 is amended to read as follows:
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
16 deemed repealed on December 31, 2030.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,
18 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
19 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the agriculture
20 and markets law relating to establishing the agrivoltaics research
21 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7081 and A. 4911,
22 takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08775-03-4
