STATE OF NEW YORK
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5822--A
Cal. No. 1199
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation -- reported favorably from said committee and
committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said
bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third read-
ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
of third reading
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
the general municipal law, in relation to farmers' markets in state
and local parks
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preser-
2 vation law, is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as
3 follows:
4 24. Permit farmers' markets which offer for sale farm and food
5 products, as such terms are defined in section two hundred sixty of the
6 agriculture and markets law, at state parks when such farmers' market
7 does not harm the natural environment or integrity of the park.
8 § 2. Section 72-p of the general municipal law, as added by chapter
9 506 of the laws of 1989, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to
10 read as follows:
11 4. Such municipal corporation may permit farmers' markets which offer
12 for sale farm and food products, as such terms are defined in section
13 two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law, in any park over
14 which such corporation has jurisdiction; provided, however, that such
15 farmers' market does not unduly burden nearby residents and does not
16 harm the natural environment or integrity of the park.
17 § 3. 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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