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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         629--A
            Cal. No. 207
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 5, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Agriculture  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to provid-
          ing additional duties of the community gardens task force
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 31-j of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. (a) The task force shall conduct an  assessment  of  all  community
     4  gardens  located  on publicly owned land in the state to facilitate each
     5  eligible garden's designation as a  critical  environmental  area  (CEA)
     6  pursuant  to paragraph one of subdivision (g) of section 617.14 of title
     7  six of the official compilation of codes, rules and regulations  of  the
     8  state  of  New York. The task force shall provide a status report on the
     9  assessment to the governor and the  legislature  on  or  before  January
    10  first,  two  thousand twenty-four, and shall complete such assessment on
    11  or before January first, two thousand twenty-five. The task force  shall
    12  conduct  additional assessments of any new community gardens on publicly
    13  owned land on or before January first, two thousand twenty-nine  and  on
    14  or before January first of each fifth year thereafter. In conducting the
    15  assessment, the task force shall:
    16    (i)  consult,  to  the  fullest  extent possible, with members of each
    17  community garden regarding the garden's characteristics;
    18    (ii) consult, to the fullest extent possible, with the  department  of
    19  environmental  conservation  regarding  the  requirements for CEA desig-
    20  nation; and
    21    (iii) prepare a written summary of its findings regarding each  commu-
    22  nity garden that shall include:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (A) the name and address of the garden;
     2    (B)  the  name of the state or local agency that has jurisdiction over
     3  the garden;
     4    (C) a description of all the characteristics of the garden that  cover
     5  the  factors  in  paragraph  one of subdivision (g) of section 617.14 of
     6  title six of the official compilation of codes, rules and regulations of
     7  the state of New York;
     8    (D) the task force's conclusion as to whether the  currently  undesig-
     9  nated garden meets the requirement for CEA designation; and
    10    (E) any other information the task force deems appropriate.
    11    (b)  Upon  completion  of the assessment, the task force shall, to the
    12  extent possible, provide the written summaries  of  its  findings  to  a
    13  member  of  each garden's leadership and, for the community gardens that
    14  are currently undesignated and that meet the requirement for CEA  desig-
    15  nation,  provide  the  written summaries of its findings to the agencies
    16  with jurisdiction over the gardens, along with a recommendation that the
    17  agencies designate the gardens as CEAs.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.