New York A 8265: Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program

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A08265 Summary:

BILL NOA08265 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLupardo

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 29-A §§525 - 528, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employment program to provide students with the opportunity to be educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and to provide agricultural work experience and entrepreneurship work experience.

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BILL NOA08265 

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05/06/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8265

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 summer employment program

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 29-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 29-A
 4 NEW YORK STATE YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMER
 5 EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
 6 Section 525. Legislative intent and findings.
 7 526. Definitions.
 8 527. New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 9 summer employment program.
 10 528. Commissioner's power and duties.
 11 § 525. Legislative intent and findings. The legislature hereby finds
 12 that diversifying the agricultural industry addresses issues of food
 13 insecurity and food access in the state. The legislature further finds
 14 that there are certain culturally significant foods in the state and
 15 seeks to encourage the continuance of production of such foods and to
 16 generate an interest in the production of such foods by future gener-
 17 ations of persons working in agriculture. The legislature hereby estab-
 18 lishes the New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship
 19 summer employment program to allow students the opportunity to be
 20 educated on the agricultural industry and alternative career paths and
 21 to attain entrepreneurial experience. The legislature also establishes
 22 this program to subsidize youth employment for farms and farmers'
 23 markets that could otherwise participate in the program if the wages
 24 were not a hardship. It is the intention of the legislation that the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01740-01-5

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 1 New York state youth in agriculture and entrepreneurship summer employ-
 2 ment program serves as a stepping stone for such youth in careers in
 3 agriculture and entrepreneurship, as well as to provide farmers means to
 4 participate in the program.
 5 § 526. Definitions. As used in this section:
 6 1. "Minority or socially disadvantaged" means a group whose members
 7 have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of
 8 their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual
 9 qualities or citizenship status. These groups include, but are not
 10 limited to, the following:
 11 (a) African Americans;
 12 (b) Native Indians;
 13 (c) Alaskan Natives;
 14 (d) Hispanics;
 15 (e) Asian Americans; and,
 16 (f) Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
 17 2. "Low income or economically disadvantaged" means having a family
 18 income that does not exceed one hundred fifty percent of the federal
 19 poverty level, including being a child of a working migratory family or
 20 an agricultural worker who is employed by more than one agricultural
 21 employer during the course of a year and whose income varies according
 22 to weather conditions and market stability.
 23 3. "Qualifying business" means a farmers market, mobile market, commu-
 24 nity supported agriculture, cooperative, or any other type of business
 25 structure that provides New York grown and raised foods directly to
 26 consumers as approved by the commissi