| BILL NO | A05205 |
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| SAME AS | No same as |
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| SPONSOR | Crouch (MS) |
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| COSPNSR | Kolb, Burling, Hawley, Molinaro, Giglio |
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| MLTSPNSR | Amedore, Bacalles, Barclay, Finch, Oaks, Quinn, Raia |
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| Amd S605, add S671-a, Ed L |
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| Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2009"; 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. |
