STATE OF NEW YORK
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7433
IN SENATE
May 14, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the department of agriculture and markets to evaluate their
support of farmers age sixty-two years and older
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 47 to read as follows:
3 47. Evaluate, in conjunction with the state office for the aging,
4 programs and services offered by the department to ensure that they
5 support the needs of farmers, and other individuals engaged in agricul-
6 ture, and the production, processing, marketing and distributing of
7 food, who are also seniors, which shall mean an individual sixty-two
8 years of age or older.
9 § 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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