What's happening
This bill requires NYSERDA to pay grants to farm operations within 90 days of award notification.
Why it matters
Faster grant payments could help farms maintain cash flow and invest in improvements or new technologies without disruptive delays, supporting operational stability.
By mandating a 90-day payment window, the bill increases accountability and predictability for NYSERDA, potentially making grant programs more accessible and attractive to smaller or time-sensitive farm operations.
Timely disbursement of funds may enhance the effectiveness of state-supported energy or sustainability initiatives in agriculture, as farms can implement projects more quickly and align them with seasonal needs.
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Pay Farm Grants Faster
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- Referred to energy
- Referred to energy
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Faster Farm Grant Payments
In Senate Committee · Energy And Telecommunications · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5000
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1854 of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
14. (a) To apply for and to administer federal research and development grants and other monies for the benefit of consumers.
(b) To make payments to farm operations, as defined by subdivision eleven of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law, for grants administered by the authority. Payment of such grants shall be made no later than ninety days after notification of such funding award.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07439-01-7
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