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A06614 Summary:

BILL NO	A06614
SAME AS	SAME AS S00251
SPONSOR	Crespo
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L
Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.

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A06614 Actions:

BILL NO	A06614
03/14/2019	referred to agriculture
01/08/2020	referred to agriculture
07/06/2020	enacting clause stricken

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A06614 Committee Votes:

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A06614 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6614
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
          expansion of regional farmers' markets
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. Development and facilitation  of  the  establishment  of  regional
     4  farmers'  markets  to  promote  the  direct  marketing  of farm and food
     5  products on a wholesale or bulk sales basis to large  volume  purchasers
     6  of  farm  and  food  products. Such regional farmers' markets should be,
     7  whenever possible, located in areas that have poor  consumer  access  to
     8  high  quality  and  reasonably  priced  food  and  farm products or food
     9  deserts; or which would sell to or cater to the needs  of  retailers  or
    10  bulk purchasers of food and farm products that are located in areas that
    11  have poor consumer access to high quality and reasonably priced food and
    12  farm  products  or food deserts. The department is authorized to work in
    13  cooperation with the New York state urban  development  corporation  and
    14  the empire state development corporation for the purposes of this subdi-
    15  vision, section sixteen-m of the New York state urban development corpo-
    16  ration act and article five-D of the economic development law.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05759-01-9

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