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NY A09787
Bill
Status
6/11/2014
Primary Sponsor
Didi Barrett
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AI Summary
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Amends Agriculture and Markets Law Section 324 to require county agricultural and farmland protection plans to include efforts supporting the transfer of agricultural land from existing owners to new and beginning farmers
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Amends Agriculture and Markets Law Section 324-a to require municipal agricultural and farmland protection plans to include efforts supporting the transfer of agricultural land from existing owners to new and beginning farmers
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Allows counties and municipalities to include revisions to their comprehensive plans as part of these farmland protection strategies, referencing General Municipal Law and Town Law provisions
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Clarifies that villages may implement these strategies through Village Law Section 7-722 as appropriate
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to agriculture and farmland protection programs; includes efforts to support the successful transfer of agricultural land from existing owners to new owners and operators, especially new and beginning farmers in what should be included in agricultural and farmland protection plans.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
6/11/2014