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S08605 Summary:
BILL NO | S08605 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A11090 |
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SPONSOR | SERINO |
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Amd §309, Ag & Mkts L | |
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Directs the advisory council on agriculture to study the co-location of farms and renewable energy projects in an effort to enhance compatibility between renewable energy development and the protection of natural and agricultural resources. |
S08605 Actions:
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05/10/2018 | REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2018 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
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Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8605 IN SENATE May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- 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 co-loca- tion of farms and renewable energy projects The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 309 of the agriculture and markets law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. a. The advisory council on agriculture shall study and provide 4 recommendations to the commissioner on best practices to allow for 5 co-location in an effort to enhance compatibility between renewable 6 energy development and the protection of natural and agricultural 7 resources. Such recommendations on best practices shall focus on renewa- 8 ble energy projects and their impact on the loss of prime agricultural 9 lands. Any findings and recommendations pursuant to this subdivision 10 shall be made available to the public, and may be included in the coun- 11 cil's report pursuant to subdivision seven of this section. 12 b. "Co-location," as used in this section shall mean viable farmland 13 eligible for the deliberate production of farm products and renewable 14 energy in a single location. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15757-01-8