Directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish an online farmer resource portal to assist farmers in accessing certain information relating to financial assistance, regulations and the meetings of certain public bodies of the department.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7046
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
lishing a farmer resource portal to assist farmers in accessing
certain information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 section 27-a to read as follows:
3 § 27-a. Farmer resource portal. The commissioner shall create and
4 maintain an online portal to assist farmers in accessing information to
5 be known as the "farmer resource portal". The farmer resource portal
6 shall direct farmers to state and federal grants and loans, provide
7 information and guidance about regulations that affect farmers, provide
8 links to agricultural research funded and conducted on behalf of New
9 York state, provide an index of all the boards and commissions of the
10 department including information about members, meeting times and
11 locations, and the purpose of such board or commission, and include any
12 additional information that the commissioner deems necessary or appro-
13 priate.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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