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NY S03142
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/4/2019
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Helming
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AI Summary
- Amends Agriculture and Markets Law to establish the "Farmland for a New Generation" program overseen jointly by the Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner and American Farmland Trust
- Creates a statewide resource center for farmland transition and conservation along with a network of regional navigators to assist with farmland access and transfer throughout New York
- Program services include helping new farmers find affordable land, enabling farmers to acquire additional land, assisting established farmers find successors, aiding farmland owners find farmers, supporting farm family ownership transfers, and assisting with conservation easements
- Allocates funds subject to appropriation for establishing the statewide resource center in collaboration with American Farmland Trust
- Allocates additional funds subject to appropriation for regional navigator positions through Cornell Cooperative Extension and other not-for-profit conservation organizations
Legislative Description
Relates to the establishment of the "Farmland for a New Generation" program.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
1/8/2020
Committee Referrals
Agriculture2/4/2019
Full Bill Text
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