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- Signed chap.577
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.616
- Substituted for A8001B
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1476
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5452b
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- Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Print number 5452a
- Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Authorizes the authority to develop agriculture facilities in the Genesee Valley Regional Market District
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph Morelle
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5452B
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Genesee Valley Regional Market District
Purpose of the bill
To fulfill the authority's mission to assure proper development of agriculture and regional market facilities in the Genesee Valley Regional Market District.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends subdivision 6 of section 878 of the public authorities law by adding the term agriculture and market facilities.
Section 2. Amends the opening paragraph of section 879 of the public authorities law by adding the establishment and development of agriculture and agriculturally related businesses to the purpose of the authority.
Section 3. Effective date.
Justification
The 2010-2011 State Budget instituted several reforms to the statute governing the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority. This included requiring that no less than seventy-five percent of the authority's annual surplus be reinvested into local agricultural projects within the area.
This legislation clarifies that budget language to fulfill the full purpose of the authority by including agricultural facilities and not only farmers markets to qualify for funding by the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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