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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Relates to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA
In Assembly Committee · Energy · Sponsor William Magee
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BILL NUMBER:S2464
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA
Purpose
To ensure that the payment of grants by NYSERDA to farm operations is made no later than 90 days after the notification of such funding award.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 14 of section 1854 of the Public Authorities Law to state that the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) can make payments of grants to farm operations as defined in the Agriculture and Markets Law. This section also requires that the payment of such grants administered by NYSERDA to farm operations shall be made no later than 90 days after the notification of such funding award. Section 2 provides the effective date.
Justification
This bill ensures that farm operations, as defined in subdivision 11 of section 301 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, are able to receive grants from NYSERDA and that the payment of such grants is made no later than 90 days after the notification of such funding award. Currently, farm operations receive grants from NYSERDA but the payment of such grants has been severely delayed. This delay causes a shortfall in the budget of many farms. Hardworking farmers continue to wait for many months, even years, for the payment of grants they have been promised by NYSERDA. Such long delays are unacceptable and unbearable for a business to endure as they wait for the payment of grants which have been promised to them. Therefore, this legislation seeks to remedy the problem by requiring NYSERDA to make the payment of such grants no later than 90 days after the notification of such funding award.
Legislative history
2013-2014: S.6224/A.8977
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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