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A05309 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05309 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Angelino |
| COSPNSR | Morinello, DiPietro, DeStefano, McDonough, Tague, Miller B, Manktelow, Salka, Durso, Lemondes, Brabenec |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §605, add §671-a, Ed L | |
| Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act"; 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 forgiveness 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. | |