New York S 1878: Relates to the possession and sale of methamphetamine

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S01878 Summary:

BILL NOS01878 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03823

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L; amd §483, RPT L

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Includes land used for processing or retail merchandising of agricultural products within the real property tax exemption for land used in agricultural production.

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BILL NOS01878 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1878

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the real property
 tax law, in relation to property tax exemption for on-farm structures
 that provide added value to farm products

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 301 of
 2 the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 344 of the laws
 3 of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 4 "Land used in agricultural production" means not less than seven acres
 5 of land used as a single operation in the preceding two years for the
 6 production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products of an
 7 average gross sales value of ten thousand dollars or more; or, not less
 8 than seven acres of land used in the preceding two years to support a
 9 commercial horse boarding operation or a commercial equine operation
 10 with annual gross receipts of ten thousand dollars or more. Land used in
 11 agricultural production shall [not] include land or portions thereof
 12 used for processing or retail merchandising of such crops, livestock or
 13 livestock products. Land used in agricultural production shall also
 14 include:
 15 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 483 of the real property tax law, as
 16 amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2016 and paragraph (e) as amended
 17 by chapter 160 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 18 2. The term "structures and buildings" shall include: (a) permanent
 19 and impermanent structures, including trellises and pergolas, made of
 20 metal, string or wood, and buildings or portions thereof used directly
 21 and exclusively in the raising and production for sale of agricultural
 22 and horticultural commodities or necessary for the storage thereof, [but
 23 not] and including structures and buildings or portions thereof used for
 24 the processing of agricultural and horticultural commodities, or the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05112-01-5

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 1 retail merchandising of such commodities; (b) structures and buildings
 2 used to provide housing for regular and essential employees and their
 3 immediate families who are primarily employed in connection with the
 4 operation of lands actively devoted to agricultural and horticultural
 5 use, but not including structures and buildings occupied as a residence
 6 by the applicant and [his] such applicant's immediate family; (c) struc-
 7 tures and buildings used as indoor exercise arenas exclusively for
 8 training and exercising horses in connection with the raising and
 9 production for sale of agricultural and horticultural commodities or in
 10 connection with a commercial horse boarding operation as defined in
 11 section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law. For
 12 purposes of this section, the term "indoor exercise arenas" shall not
 13 include riding academies or dude ranches; (d) structures and buildings
 14 used in the production of maple syrup; (e) structures and buildings used
 15 in the production of honey, royal jelly, bee pollen, propolis and bees-
 16 wax including those structures and buildings used for the storage of
 17 bees. For purposes of this section, this shall not include those struc-
 18 tures or buildings and portions thereof used for the sal