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- Referred to ways and means
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading 5160b
- Amended on third reading (t) 5160a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to agriculture
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
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- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.85
- Referred to agriculture
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to agriculture
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.937
- Referred to agriculture
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Defines the term "land used in silvopasturing"
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5160B
Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the definition of land used in silvopasturing
Purpose
To clarify that silvopasturing acreage in forested land qualifies as eligible lands for agriculture assessment.
Summary
Section 301 of Agriculture and Markets Law is amended by adding a new paragraph m to include land used in silvopasturing.
Justification
Silvopasturing is the scientifically-based, ecologically-sound practice of livestock grazing in wooded areas which can yield numerous benefits for farm operations. In silvopasturing, timber and pasture are managed as a single integrated system. Timber, forage and livestock are managed intensively to simultaneously produce timber products, a high quality forage resource and efficient livestock production. In doing so, silvopasturing provides a sustainable system that offers diversified marketing opportunities for producers.
This bill would clearly recognize the concurrent use of wooded lands for production of livestock and wood products as land in agricultural production that qualifies for the agricultural assessment program. Current law does not allow assessors to grant agricultural assessments to forested land used for silvopasture based on the characterization that such land is employed to produce livestock or livestock products for sale.
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New bill.
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To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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