STATE OF NEW YORK
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6994
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 21, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
localities budget, in relation to providing for local fair emergency
funds
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the
2 aid to localities budget, is amended by repealing the items herein below
3 set forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other items
4 underscored in this section:
5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
6 AID TO LOCALITIES 2021-22
7 For payment according to the following schedule:
8 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS
9 General Fund ....................... [35,779,000] 51,247,500
10 38,779,000
11 Special Revenue Funds - Federal .... 20,000,000 20,000,000
12 ---------------- ----------------
13 All Funds ........................ [55,779,000] 71,247,500
14 58,779,000
15 ================ ================
16 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM ....... [55,779,000] 58,779,000
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18 General Fund
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11353-01-1
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1 Local Assistance Account - 10000
2 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
3 tory at Cornell university animal health
4 surveillance and control program (10920) ..... 4,425,000
5 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
6 tory at Cornell university New York state
7 cattle health assurance program (10922) ........ 360,000
8 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
9 tory at Cornell university quality milk
10 production services program (10921) .......... 1,174,000
11 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
12 tory at Cornell university Johnes disease
13 program (10923) ................................ 480,000
14 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
15 tory at Cornell university rabies program
16 (10925) ......................................... 50,000
17 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
18 tory at Cornell university Avian disease
19 program (10924) ................................ 252,000
20 Cornell university berry research (11416) ........ 260,000
21 Cornell university honeybee research (11455) ..... 150,000
22 Cornell university maple research (11456) ......... 75,000
23 Cornell university onion research (10948) ......... 50,000
24 Cornell university vegetable research
25 (11401) ......................................... 50,000
26 Cornell university hard cider research
27 (11441) ........................................ 200,000
28 Cornell university for concord grape
29 research (11444) ............................... 200,000
30 Cornell university Geneva experiment station
31 barley evaluation and field testing
32 program (11466) ................................ 300,000
33 Cornell university agriculture in the class-
34 room to support nutritional education
35 programs (10938) ............................... 380,000
36 Cornell university future farmers of America
37 (10939) ........................................ 842,000
38 Cornell university association of agricul-
39 tural educators for teacher recruitment,
40 professional development, and administra-
41 tive assistance (10940) ........................ 416,000
42 Cornell university farmnet program for farm
43 family assistance (10926) ...................... 664,000
44 Cornell university pro-dairy program (11470) ... 1,201,000
45 Cornell university small farms program for
46 veterans (11417) ............................... 115,000
47 Cornell university farm labor specialist to
48 assist farmers with labor law compliance
49 (11425) ........................................ 200,000
50 New York farm viability institute (10916) ........ 800,000
51 New York farm viability institute, for
52 services and expenses of New York state
53 berry growers association (11462) ............... 60,000
54 New York farm viability institute, for
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1 services and expenses of New York corn and
2 soybean growers (11454) ......................... 75,000
3 For services and expenses of programs to
4 promote agricultural economic development.
5 All or a portion of this appropriation may
6 be suballocated to any department, agency,
7 or public authority. Notwithstanding any
8 other provision of law, the director of
9 the budget is hereby authorized to trans-
10 fer up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation
11 to state operations (10902) .................. 2,000,000
12 New York state brewers association (11428) ........ 75,000
13 New York cider association (11429) ................ 75,000
14 New York state distillers guild (11430) ........... 75,000
15 New York wine and grape foundation (10915) ..... 1,073,000
16 Christmas tree farmers association of New
17 York for programs to promote Christmas
18 trees (11461) .................................. 125,000
19 New York state apple growers association
20 (10943) ........................................ 478,000
21 Maple producers association for programs to
22 promote maple syrup (10945) .................... 150,000
23 For services and expenses of the New York
24 state apple research and development
25 program, in consultation with the apple
26 research and development advisory board
27 (11400) ........................................ 500,000
28 For services and expenses of programs to
29 promote dairy excellence, including but
30 not limited to programs at Cornell univer-
31 sity.
32 Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
33 the director of the budget is hereby
34 authorized to transfer up to $150,000 of
35 this appropriation to state operations for
36 programs including administration of dairy
37 profit teams (11495) ........................... 370,000
38 For services and expenses of the electronic
39 benefits transfer program administered by
40 the Farmers' Market Federation of NY
41 (11412) ........................................ 138,000
42 For services and expenses of a program to
43 develop farm to school initiatives that
44 will help schools purchase more food from
45 local farmers and expand access to healthy
46 local food for school children. The funds
47 shall be awarded through a competitive
48 process (11405) ................................ 750,000
49 New York federation of growers and process-
50 ors agribusiness child development program
51 (10913) ...................................... 8,275,000
52 For reimbursement for the promotion of agri-
53 culture and domestic arts in accordance
54 with article 24 of the agriculture and
55 markets law (10914) ............................ 420,000
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1 Local fair emergency funds, for services and
2 expenses for grants, up to $50,000 per
3 county fair or youth fair, related to
4 losses incurred due to COVID-19 in 2020
5 and 2021 ..................................... 3,000,000
6 On-farm health and safety program adminis-
7 tered by Mary Imogene Basset hospital
8 (11473) ........................................ 125,000
9 For additional services and expenses for the
10 on-farm health and safety program adminis-
11 tered by Mary Imogene Basset hospital .......... 125,000
12 For additional services and expenses of the
13 New York state veterinary diagnostic labo-
14 ratory at Cornell university ................. 1,000,000
15 For additional services and expenses of the
16 New York state veterinary diagnostic labo-
17 ratory at Cornell university rabies
18 program ........................................ 350,000
19 New York state veterinary diagnostic labora-
20 tory at Cornell university for whole herd
21 and bulk milk testing to eradicate salmo-
22 nella dublin bacteria .......................... 200,000
23 For additional services and expenses of
24 Cornell university vegetable research ........... 50,000
25 For additional services and expenses of
26 Cornell university for concord grape
27 research ........................................ 50,000
28 For additional services and expenses of the
29 Cornell university program for farm family
30 assistance ..................................... 336,000
31 For services and expenses of the Harvest New
32 York program ................................... 600,000
33 For additional services and expenses of the
34 New York farm viability institute ............ 1,050,000
35 For additional services and expenses of New
36 York state apple growers association ........... 272,000
37 For additional services and expenses of the
38 maple producers association for programs
39 to promote maple syrup .......................... 75,000
40 For services and expenses of the turfgrass
41 environmental stewardship fund adminis-
42 tered by the New York state greengrass
43 association .................................... 150,000
44 For additional services and expenses of the
45 New York Federation of growers and proces-
46 sors agribusiness child development
47 program ...................................... 1,025,000
48 Cornell university golden nematode program ........ 62,000
49 For services and expenses of Cornell Univer-
50 sity New York City urban agriculture
51 education and outreach ......................... 250,000
52 For additional services and expenses of the
53 New York wine and grape foundation ............... 2,000
54 Empire sheep producers association ................ 50,000
55 Northern New York agricultural development
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1 program administered by Cornell cooper-
2 ative extension of Jefferson County ............ 300,000
3 For additional services and expenses of
4 Cornell University onion research ............... 20,000
5 Teens for Food Justice ............................ 20,000
6 Cornell forensic pathology program ............... 460,000
7 Cornell Small Farms Equitable Farm Futures
8 Initiative ..................................... 400,000
9 For additional reimbursements for the
10 promotion of agriculture and domestic arts
11 in accordance with article 24 of the agri-
12 culture and markets law ......................... 80,000
13 For Walkway Over the Hudson, including
14 $15,000 to plan for a farmers market,
15 $30,000 to renovate the Friends Pavilion,
16 and $75,000 for a farm to market project
17 manager ........................................ 120,000
18 For the Madison County Cornell Cooperative
19 Extension ....................................... 40,000
20 For the Craft Beverages Trail of the Cats-
21 kills .......................................... 100,000
22 For the Cornell Cooperative extension bridg-
23 ing the upstate-downstate food network
24 divide .......................................... 84,000
25 For the Comfort Food Community .................... 50,000
26 For the Pitney Meadows Community Farm ............. 50,000
27 For additional services and expenses of
28 Cornell university for maple research ........... 50,000
29 For additional services and expenses of
30 Cornell university Geneva experiment
31 station barley evaluation and field test-
32 ing program ..................................... 50,000
33 Cornell university hops breeding research
34 and extension program .......................... 300,000
35 Hop Growers of New York to promote New York
36 hops ............................................ 50,000
37 American Farmland Trust for Farmland for a
38 New Generation ................................. 500,000
39 Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environ-
40 ment ............................................ 50,000
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42 Program account subtotal .... [35,779,000] 38,779,000
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44 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
45 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.