Authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish and administer an online farm portal to advertise farm employment opportunities and to permit persons to apply for such employment through the portal.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8134
IN SENATE
March 26, 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 an
online farm portal to advertise farm employment opportunities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 51 to read as follows:
3 51. Establish and administer, in coordination with the department of
4 labor, an online farm employment portal. Such portal shall be a location
5 for farmers to advertise employment opportunities and for persons to
6 apply for such employment opportunities. The department, in coordination
7 with the department of labor and any other appropriate entities and
8 associations, shall advertise the existence and use of such portal to
9 farmers in the state, and shall provide assistance to any farmer using
10 such portal. The department shall also post a link to such portal on its
11 website.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16051-02-0
